Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup
Zack I use dropbox. In my professional role, I am an IT Director and have found that dropbox meets all of our security requirements. I can send a sign up link if you like. By the way. It is Free for the first 2 gBytes. On Nov 21, 2011 5:02 AM, ALAN ZACK k7...@cox.net wrote: I currently backup my DXL file to an external hard drive. But I would like to start doing backups to an offsite online site. I currently back up my Quicken files to the Quicken online backup site but it only holds 1 GB and costs $49.95 a year to use. I would like to find another online backup site that will allow me more storage for my DX4WIN DXL file backup, Quicken B/U, some of my word docs and photos. I have looked into Windows Cloud and SyncToy but can't determine the size or cost. Best Buy sells 30 GB storage for $49.99 a year on their SugarSync site. I am curious to what online backup sites others may be using and can recommend. TIA 73, Alan, K7ACZ __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net 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:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup
Hey Alan, I use Carbonite. Unlimited back-up for the price. Once initial back-up done, don't notice it. It defaults to some folders/files so need to add DX4WIN Save folder. But is just a right click to add/remove stuff and little orange/green dots tell you if backup pending or done. Check for discounts. I did a 3-year package. Use me as reference and I get month or so free added to my time. Dan KI6X -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of ALAN ZACK Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 2:02 AM To: DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup I currently backup my DXL file to an external hard drive. But I would like to start doing backups to an offsite online site. I currently back up my Quicken files to the Quicken online backup site but it only holds 1 GB and costs $49.95 a year to use. I would like to find another online backup site that will allow me more storage for my DX4WIN DXL file backup, Quicken B/U, some of my word docs and photos. I have looked into Windows Cloud and SyncToy but can't determine the size or cost. Best Buy sells 30 GB storage for $49.99 a year on their SugarSync site. I am curious to what online backup sites others may be using and can recommend. TIA 73, Alan, K7ACZ __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net 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:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup
I currently backup my DXL file to an external hard drive. But I would like to start doing backups to an offsite online site. I currently back up my Quicken files to the Quicken online backup site but it only holds 1 GB and costs $49.95 a year to use. I would like to find another online backup site that will allow me more storage for my DX4WIN DXL file backup, Quicken B/U, some of my word docs and photos. I have looked into Windows Cloud and SyncToy but can't determine the size or cost. Best Buy sells 30 GB storage for $49.99 a year on their SugarSync site. I am curious to what online backup sites others may be using and can recommend. TIA 73, Alan, K7ACZ __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup
Hi Alan es all, The best solution to safeguard your entire DX4Win save directory is by installing Dropbox on your computer. Here is the url = http://www.dropbox.com/. It is FREE and it works great. After you installed dropbox on your computer you do the same thing on your laptop (if you have one) and share the DX4Win save file. It is not neccesary to have dropbox on a second computer but i do this because i want to have all my data syncronised on both my PC and laptop. In DX4Win preferences at the QSO tab you need to define the secundary backup directory. The path is use looks like this: C:\Users\Vanderydt Theo\Dropbox\DX4Win Save. Now the good thing about Dropbox is that both your computer can crash and your save directory will still be available in dropbox because your file is somewere in cyberspace on a remote site. No one, except you, has access to this file so no need to worry that some one else can play around with your valuable data. This is hopefully what you have been looking for. Have fun, Theo ON4ATW -Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: ALAN ZACK Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 11:01 AM To: DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup I currently backup my DXL file to an external hard drive. But I would like to start doing backups to an offsite online site. I currently back up my Quicken files to the Quicken online backup site but it only holds 1 GB and costs $49.95 a year to use. I would like to find another online backup site that will allow me more storage for my DX4WIN DXL file backup, Quicken B/U, some of my word docs and photos. I have looked into Windows Cloud and SyncToy but can't determine the size or cost. Best Buy sells 30 GB storage for $49.99 a year on their SugarSync site. I am curious to what online backup sites others may be using and can recommend. TIA 73, Alan, K7ACZ __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net 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:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup
http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/backup.html -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:12 AM, Vanderydt Theo on4...@skynet.be wrote: The best solution to safeguard your entire DX4Win save directory is by installing Dropbox on your computer. Here is the url = http://www.dropbox.com/. It is FREE and it works great. You can also set your local My Dropbox directory as the Secondary backup directory on the QSO tab of your preferences (DX4WIN 8.0x). -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup
Guys, I take my Save directory and attach it to an email and send it to my Yahoo email account. I then move it to my DX4WIN folder on Yahoo. It is free (I like free) and virtually indestructible. Yes, it requires an internet connection...but then again so does this mail list! And if anyone wants to hack my DX4WIN folder on Yahoo, they can have at it!...and if Yahoo goes out of business, then we are more trouble than looking for a place to back-up our DX4WIN files! CD-ROM and thumb drives are great, as long as you store them outside the home. Virtually useless in case of fire, flood, tornado, acts of God, Grandchildren and hungry dogs. 73 and Good Luck in CQWWcw... Lou N2TU -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Roger D Johnson Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 9:52 AM To: DX4Win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup I'm skeptical about storing info on one of these online services. 1. It requires an internet connection 2. It's vulnerable to hackers 3. The company might go out of business What is wrong with using a CD-ROM or thumbdrive? 73, Roger On 11/21/2011 6:12 AM, Vanderydt Theo wrote: Hi Alan es all, The best solution to safeguard your entire DX4Win save directory is by installing Dropbox on your computer. __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net 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:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup
Thanks for pointing out the automatic backup through my Dropbox..works great Paul ka5y From: Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu To: Vanderydt Theo on4...@skynet.be Cc: DX4Win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 8:19 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:12 AM, Vanderydt Theo on4...@skynet.be wrote: The best solution to safeguard your entire DX4Win save directory is by installing Dropbox on your computer. Here is the url = http://www.dropbox.com/. It is FREE and it works great. You can also set your local My Dropbox directory as the Secondary backup directory on the QSO tab of your preferences (DX4WIN 8.0x). -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net 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:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup
Thanks Roger, I already back up to an in house 1 TB ext HD. Problem is IF (Heaven forbid) the house burns down or my computer stuff is stolen the stuff on the in home ext HD would be gone also. I have no problem with an internet connection. I use COX Cable. It is very reliable and is always online. I believe a good online backup provider would have good enough security to prevent hacking. The company going out of business (or being unreliable) is a possibility. I tried QUICKEN online backup that comes with the Quicken program. When I filled up my basic allotment of storage and attempted to buy more I ran into a brick wall with their tech support in India. We went around and around and I finally told them to cancel my account. I responded to Theo directly that DROPBOX looks like a good way to go but is expensive at $120 a year. I am now looking at CARBONITE and MOZY mentioned on Jim, AD1C's, web pages. I am also curious if anyone has any experience with SUGARSYNC offered by Best Buy. -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Roger D Johnson Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 6:52 AM To: DX4Win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup I'm skeptical about storing info on one of these online services. 1. It requires an internet connection 2. It's vulnerable to hackers 3. The company might go out of business What is wrong with using a CD-ROM or thumbdrive? 73, Roger On 11/21/2011 6:12 AM, Vanderydt Theo wrote: Hi Alan es all, The best solution to safeguard your entire DX4Win save directory is by installing Dropbox on your computer. __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:31 PM, ALAN ZACK k7...@cox.net wrote: I responded to Theo directly that DROPBOX looks like a good way to go but is expensive at $120 a year. Dropbox is free for up to 2Gb. (www.dropbox.com). That's more than enough to back up your DX4WIN log. It may not be enough capacity for all of your data, but it's a good way to back up critical data. Because I use Dropbox, there's a copy of my DX4WIN log on about 10 machines, including my Android phone and my iPod. I'd have to work hard to lose it. If they go out of business for some reason, those copies will still be there on the various endpoints- nothing lost. 73, -Rick -- Rick Murphy, CISSP-ISSAP, K1MU/4, Annandale VA USA __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:31 PM, ALAN ZACK k7...@cox.net wrote: I would also like to save the .CFG file but haven't figured how to do it. I don' think DX4WIN backs up the .CFG file (maybe it should). If I make config changes, I write a new DX4WIN.INI file before Save and Exit. That way, if I need to restore the configuration file, I can just merge this .INI file with my preferences. Now having said that, DX4WIN does save DX4WIN.CFG every time it exits (and renames the old one to DX4WIN.~FG). Because it does that, it probably makes sense for DX4WIN.CFG file to be written to the secondary backup. Paul? - Jim -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Walt K2WK wrote: I do daily incremental backups every night and a full backup once a week to an external HDD. And in real-time I backup to a second computer on a simple home network. The utility I use is SYNCBACK SE from 2brightsparks. The program has been mentioned here before. Works great and has saved my butt a number of times. It does many great things but for me the learning curve was quite steep. YMMV. BeyondSync was the other program whose name I could not recall earlier: http://www.beyondsync.com/ My original post was here: http://www.mail-archive.com/dx4win@mailman.qth.net/msg13418.html Since other DX4WIN users were using SyncBack, I decided to go that way as well. I probably should have spent more time comparing the two programs. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup
I just had a bad scare thinking I had lost the last 4 days of my log entries. What I had done was to save my log in an ext HD as I do every few days as a backup using SAVE AS. But then I forgot to switch back to the DX4WIN/SAVE folder. I was out of town for a few days and when I returned I made about 10 QSO's and saved my log when I exited DX4WIN. When I reopened it I had a gap of the missing 10 QSO's. I finally discovered where the missing QSO's were on the ext HD and manually added them to the log and properly saved them. I have an Iomega ext HD with QuickProtect 1.0.2.54. It is set up to save my D4W files whenever any changes are made so anytime I exit D4W the changes are saved. But when I tried to find my backed up DX4WIN file I couldn't find it. All it would allow me to do is do a complete restore of all the files it had backed up. That is FB if I had a complete HD crash and needed to restore ALL my docs, jpgs, etc. But it won't allow me to find just the DX4WIN/K7ACZ.DXL files and copy just those files. So I needed to find another way of automatically backing up the DX4WIN/K7ACZ.DXL files. It seems the Iomega back up program would allow me to do this but I haven't been able to figure it out. I now discovered a feature I was not aware of before. Within DX4WIN itself if you go to FILE: PREFERENCES: QSO WINDOW (3rd tab from top on right edge of window) on the bottom of the page is a box marked SECONDARY BACKUP DIRECTORY. You can use this to do a back up of your DX4WIN/K7ACZ.DXL files whenever you exit or do a SAVE. It is not mentioned on Jim's, AD1C's App note 6 pages or on the DX4WIN main website or in any HELP files I can find. But this works great and could save your butt! I set up a separate folder (DX4WIN_BACKUP) on my ext HD and set up the box marked SECONDARY BACKUP DIRECTORY to this folder. I have confirmed when I do a SAVE my .CTY, .DXL, .~TY, .~XL files are saved in this ext HD folder. I would also like to save the .CFG file but haven't figured how to do it. Alan Zack Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ Official USCG Auxiliary Comm Station Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Delta Rocket Quality Engineer, The Boeing Company, Retired Aviation Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, Retired http://www.geocities.com/k7acz http://www.geocities.com/k7acz __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup
Hello to all, Every so often I do something really dumb, today is one of those times. I was working on a program bug and my computer locked up. No problem, Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart. Then I opened dx4win and of course I got the backup message but here's where the NO-Brainer steps in. I hit NO not remembering that I worked 4 new ones on 6M yesterday so of course the computer does what my wife won't, it carries on with my command... Question of the day, Can I recover that file and restore the backup with the contacts from yesterday or are they in never never land? Thanks, Ron the OOPS I can't believe I did that!! N4GFO
[Dx4win] DX4WIN Backup
Ron I am by no means an expert in this but have made so many mistakes that I usually am in the been there done that capacity. Be sure Dx4Win is closed.Go into Window Explorer / program files/ save folder and look for you log file name with ~xl extension. Double click on that file and hope that when it opens it is still there. Price T AD5GD _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
