Paul, Yes, you do use the Backup File option in the Utilities Menu to do this. You will be asked first which drive you would like to backup, so you can select even another cf card, like the one inserted to the right side of the unit using a PCMCIA card. By default, it offers to backup ALL folders, but you can also select just one folder and its sub-folders, or even just a sub-directory. Then it asks you where you wish to save the backup copies, so using my first example of backing up the contents of a cf card plugged in using a PCMCIA adapter on the right-hand slot, you can save the backups in another cf card inserted in the rear slot of the unit. Again by default, it will ask if you wish to save it in a folder whose name contains the current date (e.g., "November 26, 2003 backup"). This is how you can make different backup folders distinguished by the date (daily, weekly, monthly, whatever). You can also type in a different folder name.
Now there are two types of backup procedures. The regular Backup File option saves everything in the chosen drive and folder to the selected destination drive and folder, whether or not you have modified the files. The Incremental Backup File option, still in the Utilities Menu, will save only those that have been revised since the last modification date of the backup files. Keysoft keeps tab of the last time you made modifications to a file, that's why it can do the incremental backup. When the file already exists, it will ask you first to confirm that you wish to replace it. You can type Y for yes, N for no, or A for ALL, meaning, all files that are to be replaced in the backup process will be replaced without bugging you with the confirmation prompt. The Backup File option was incorporated in Keysoft for a purpose. Of course you can use the Copy File option in the File Manager, but there are things that option cannot do conveniently, which the Backup File option automatically does. The first is the Incremental Backup Option as described above. The second is that you can only copy the contents of one folder at a time, whereas you can backup the contents of ALL folders in a drive using the Backup File option. The third is that the Copy File option does not automatically save the sub-folders and their contents of a folder in the Flash Disk, something that the Backup File option does without being made to do so. With the Copy File option, you have to manually select the folder first and then copy its contents, then use that option again, this time selecting the sub-folder to copy its contents. An example of an important folder in the Flash Disk that needs to be backed up, and which I think users who believe the Copy File option is better are unaware of this, is the Keymail folder on the Flash Disk. Some users may think that backing up its contents is unnecessary because they don't keep files there anyway, and what you find in that folder are the definition files for the Directory of Services and Email Folders databases, as well as a couple of templates. However, this folder has the Attachments sub-folder, where obviously e-mail attachments received are saved upon downloading them from the server. The Backup File option takes care of that whenever there are new attachments. The Copy File can do the same but with extra steps for selecting the sub-directory Attachments. And if you have many saved attachments, the Copy File would go through saving all of them even if you don't really modify these attached files, while the Backup File option saves only the new ones . There's something else I should warn you. If you get your BrailleNote, do NOT backup the contents of the Keysoft Systems Disk. First, you don't need to do that because the files there are mostly burnt into ROM and you shouldn't keep your own files there because you lose them in a reset. Second, the Flash Disk, and all its folders and files, is seen as a folder of the Keysoft Systems Disk. A mistake is to restore the backed up contents of the Keysoft Systems Disk because it causes replication of the Flash Disk in a nest of folders. I hope this helps you get a grasp of what the BrailleNote is like. Thanks for taking interest. Regards, Roselle >----- QUOTED MESSAGE ----- >Sent by: Paul Henrichsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Hi. Well, that was a pretty interesting message, but a little cryptic for >me as a new braille note user. I was going to save it for future use, but I >don't understand some things. >If I were going to do a weekly backup of my braille note, how would I go >about it? >I ask this because, I assume some important files are not saved onto my cf >card, but are probably on the system disk or on the flash disk. >So, how would I make sure to get everything? Wouldn't the backup utility be >good for that? If not, why not? >I can see using a card reader to just dump the cf contents in to a folder >on my hard drive, but what about the stuff which is not on the card? >Thanks. >Paul Henrichsen ><[EMAIL PROTECTED] ><home.pacbell.net/paulh52
