On Saturday, 9 April 2016 07:51:21 UTC+1, Peter Bienstman wrote: > Hi, > > As I mentioned earlier, you can just leave your backup on your 2nd drive > sitting there without needing to open it in Mnemosyne. > > If you need to use the backup later because your first HD crashed, copy back > to your (new) first drive in the location you copied it from, and then use it > in Mnemosyne in the first computer. > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:mnemosyne- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of iwl > > Sent: 08 April 2016 18:40 > > To: mnemosyne-proj-users <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [mnemosyne-proj-users] Backing-up > > > > On Friday, 8 April 2016 11:51:00 UTC+1, Peter Bienstman wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > You can just leave that backup sitting on an external drive without > > > needing > > to open files. In case your HD fails, just copy over the folder from the > > external drive to your new HD. > > > > > > How often you make a backup is up to you :-) > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:mnemosyne- > > proj- > > > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of iwl > > > > Sent: 08 April 2016 12:41 > > > > To: mnemosyne-proj-users <mnemosyne-proj- > > [email protected]> > > > > Subject: [mnemosyne-proj-users] Backing-up > > > > > > > > I wonder if someone could clarify the process of backing-up for me? As > > > > I > > > > understand it, there's no way of backing up automatically to the web, so > > one > > > > needs to back up to a USB drive or something similar. I've gone to > > > > what I > > take > > > > to be the relevant folder at C:\Users\<your user > > > > name>\AppData\Roaming\Mnemosyne and copied this folder to a > > memory > > > > stick. When I then put this in another computer and click on one of the > > Default > > > > files in the folder, I'm warned that I'm trying to open a Date Base > > > > file and > > asked > > > > which programme I want to use to open it. I'm not sure where to go from > > here, > > > > or indeed whether I'm doing the right thing in the first place. And if > > > > I am, > > do I > > > > have to keep copying the Mnemosyne folder to my flash drive every > > week or so > > > > to ensure that I don't lose too much in the event of my hard-drive > > crashing? I'd > > > > be most grateful for guidance that will make sense to someone with very > > little > > > > computer knowledge. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an > > > > email to [email protected]. > > > > To post to this group, send email to mnemosyne-proj- > > > > [email protected]. > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/b045ba4f- > > a453- > > > > 49ca-867a-59b3ca9b5365%40googlegroups.com. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > Hi, > > Thanks. Does the folder have to be copied to a particular place on the new > > hard drive? I downloaded Mnemosyne onto a second computer and it > > worked as expected, but when I copied the folder with my cards from the > > flash drive into the new Mnemosyne folder, it wouldn't work and just > > brought up an error message. Basically I haven't grasped how to make the > > cards backed up from one computer function on the other - assuming that I > > actually have backed up the cards by copying the folder from C:\Users\<your > > user > > > > name>\AppData\Roaming\Mnemosyne. Sorry to be dense about this, > > but it's obviously rather crucial after spending a lot of time setting up > > the > > cards. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to mnemosyne-proj- > > [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/68153b29- > > a1ed-4d62-b7a4-b50d4e83c42a%40googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Hi, Thanks again for your help. Best, Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/5e72e754-6841-496d-a681-447b366e5638%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
