Hi Reggie. A happy holiday season to you and Lonnie.
You said, "I have been backing up my BN using the backup in the File Manager. Am I correct in doing this? Am I protected?" I think you have it confused. It's okay to backup from the utilities menu (I'll describe the process below.) If you are trying to restore individual files, however, it's best to use the copy function from the files menu. Now, here's how to backup your files: quoted from the manual. >From the Utilities menu, select the "Backup or Restore files" option. KeySoft >displays: "Do you wish to Backup or Restore files?" If you want to backup your working files, press B, for Backup. KeySoft displays: "Backup which drive? Press ENTER for Flash Disk." Press ENTER to backup the Flash Disk. KeySoft displays: "Backup which folder? All" KeySoft assumes you want to backup "All" folders. You would normally do a complete backup of all folders on the Flash Disk together with their contents. Alternatively you can backup a folder at a time if you wish. To backup all folders, press ENTER, or to backup one folder at a time, press SPACE to review the list of folders and press ENTER to select the desired folder. KeySoft displays: "Make backup on which drive? Press ENTER for (suggested drive)." Backups are normally done to the Storage Card, which is accessed through the PC card slot on the right-hand side of the BrailleNote. If you are using an ATA memory card to store your backup, and it is not currently inserted, the card should be inserted in the PC card slot at this point. If you are using the Super-Disk drive, connect the drive to its AC Plug Adapter, insert the card located at the end of the Super-Disk's cable into the PC card slot of the BrailleNote, and place the appropriate disk in the Super-Disk drive. When you have your drive ready to accept the backup, press ENTER. KeySoft displays: "Make Backup in which Folder? Press ENTER for (suggested folder)." The suggested folder name is based on the current date, and is in the form "June 10, 2002 backup." Press ENTER to accept the suggested folder, or press SPACE to review the list of folders on the backup drive. Alternatively you can type in the name of a folder. If the folder does not already exist you will be asked to confirm creation of the new folder, press Y to do this. The time taken for the backup process depends on the number of files being backed up, and BrailleNote continues to beep about once per second during the process. At the completion of the backup KeySoft confirms the number of files copied to the backup disk, and you are returned to the Utilities menu. To speed up the backup process you can perform an incremental backup, which only copies files modified since the last backup. Hope this helps. Bob > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Reggie & Lonnie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:26:29 -0500 >Subject: [Braillenote] backup question! >Hello All: >First of all, I want to wish everybody on the list a wonderful, happy, and >safe Christmas and a prosperous and wonderful new year. >Now for my queery. There has been a lot of talk not so far back about >backing up all the files on the BN. It has seemed to me, and I absolutely >could be incorrect here, that the discussion indicated that backup should be >done by separate files. I have been backing up my BN using the backup in >the File Manager. Am I correct in doing this? Am I protected? What is >backed up by using the backup in File Manager? Now, I am certainly full of >questions, but I have learned the hard way that backing up is really >important on computers and related equipment. So, with this in mind, and if >I should be backing up some other way, can someone tell me how to backup >correctly, please. I'll say thanks in advance. >Reggie and Lonnie, guide dog >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
