Jim and others I use dropbox for secondary backup And I have no delay´s nomatter if I do ALT-S every qso Or not, guess it depends on how speedy your internet connection is
Guy ON4AOI > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [email protected] [mailto:dx4win- > [email protected]] Namens Jim Reisert AD1C > Verzonden: donderdag 20 januari 2011 19:14 > Aan: Thomas Schwinn > CC: [email protected] > Onderwerp: Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Back Up-Secondary Back-Up File > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Thomas Schwinn <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > This option is mentioned in the DX4WIN Help File under SETTING > PREFERENCES, > > PREFERENCES | QSO. Under HELP, do a search for SECONDARY BACKUP > DIRECTORY or > > BACKUP. > > > > Or, you can go to Appendix B under "SAVE DIRECTORY" and click on the > hyperlink > > (File | Preferences | QSO) and that will also take you to the page > that > > describes this feature. > > I don't remember seeing a question about this. From my experience, > don't make this a network or slow USB flash drive. DX4WIN will be > unusable during the time it's writing the secondary backup (the same > would be true for the primary backup). > > I feel I am better off using a 3rd-party tool that backs up in the > background. I chose SyncBackSE, but I'm not 100% satisfied with my > choice (it's set to backup on any file change): > > 1. When I'm running the update.bat script, I've seen files get > corrupted as SyncBackSE tries to synchronize files md-way through the > download). > > 2. I have had cases where the backup didn't occur as expected, or the > program didn't start on a reboot. This causes my upstairs and > downstairs computers to get out of sync. > > Another tool was mentioned on the reflector a few months back, but I > don't recall the name. > > Also go to http://dx4win.ad1c.us/ and find the Application Note about > DX4WIN Data Protection Strategies. It was written before secondary > backup was added to DX4WIN, and does not mention SyncBackSE or the > other program (it seems everyone has a different favorite). > > 73 - Jim AD1C > > -- > Jim Reisert AD1C, <[email protected]>, http://www.ad1c.us > ______________________________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
