There is a backup created at all times. That is the red/black countdown numbers after you make a change. It stores it as ".~xl" I think. If you lose power and you run DX4WIN again, it will tell you you have a backup and whether you want to save it under a new filename. You can test it if you'd like. Of course it saves on the same hardrive and does not protect against hard drive crash.
Dan KI6X -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darrell Earnshaw Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 5:47 PM To: Clive GM3POI Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Dx4win] HELP! Log gone! Performance, I suspect. -- Darrell Clive GM3POI wrote: > OK Jim, > Do you happen to know why Alt-s cannot be done automatically in the > background whenever a Q is logged. Is it a failing in the methods used > in the software? as I can't think of anything more important than > being assured that a FULL log is saved without having to do anything > other than hit the return key. Try running a pile up of callers and > having to keep hitting Alt-S to make sure it's saved in case there is > a power cut or whatever. 73 Clive > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Rick Murphy/K1MU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 2:20 PM > Subject: RE: [Dx4win] HELP! Log gone! > > > >>--- Rick Murphy/K1MU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>For what it's worth (not much, after the fact) - I *always* use Alt/B >>>(Backup) and Alt/S (Save log) after I add a QSO to my log. This >>>learned from painful experience with lost QSOs after power failures. >>>It's a good habit to get into - especially when it's a new one.. >> >>ALT-S is all you need. ALT-B will create the backup copy but NOT save > > your log > >>to <CALL>.DXL. ALT-S saves the log, and removes the old (stale) >>backups. >> >>73 - Jim AD1C >> >> >>===== >>Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA >>+978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.com PGP >>Fingerprint: D8E2 3D78 339F A7F1 8C13 1193 B5D1 4FB6 79D1 70DC >>_______________________________________________ >>Dx4win mailing list >>[email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > _______________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
