Thanks Dave & Jean I forwarded your suggestions. Yes we have switched off & rebooted. Its a standalone machine.
We have managed to attach the raw tables & email up to me. They were OK. So the 'lock' seems to allow a copy. I'll ask him to switch off Norton, but as I said it has not been updated for a while. Andrew Stirling 01250 874580 http://www.calcpay.co.uk HMRC Accredited UK payroll program Dave Crozier wrote: > Andrew, > > 1. Is there a "server backup" such as Arcserve running? > > 2. Is there a terminal on the network that has a rogue VFP process running > that has errored out but is not displaying a GUI that is holding the tables > open? > > 3. is there Virus checker running a full scan on the server files which has > not terminated correctly? > > Dave Crozier > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Andrew Stirling > Sent: 04 May 2007 14:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: backups not working. > > Hi > I've got a client who is now unable to backup up his files. > It worked fine last week. > He uses my backup system, which uses C Boyds vfpcompression. > This checks each table into a zip file. > The error appears to be that the files are in use, thus cannot be backedup. > It is a standalone machine. > He has Norton on it, but has not updated > He has the multi company version. > Each company is kept on a separate folder. > All the companies are experiencing this problem. > > What could be putting a 'in use' flag on the tables? > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/%(messageid)s ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
