11/10/2013 12:09
I have enjoyed a pretty trouble free life with TB! for many years. I
had a hard drive failure the other day and it was irreparable. I use
TB 4.2.44.2 and I have had to temporarily put it on the D: drive
whilst reinstalling Windows XP Pro on the C Drive The Bat produced
backup that I set to run every night starts to work, and indeed just
using the none database tick boxes all settings and filters are re
loadable, but after a minute or two the reading of the 3 gig database
backup file ends with an unable to read error. Luckily I had the TB
database on the D: Drive and the database was manually copied to a
fresh TB install. Now it sort of works, but it tries to create a
second */Mail/Zen Account structure. It also shows two lots of View
modes, and these are flaky, sometimes not doing what they should. It
seems TB is confused as to where everything resides now, or something
is corrupted. Is there a way to fix this? I am suspecting a registry
issue, or a settings file in the root of the mail directory issue. I
also sometimes get exception errors in the bat.exe file when changing
View Modes. Filtering sill works fine. Another clue may be that using
the Shift /Alt /Control/L command to find lost folders will sometimes
produce a second mail folder display, of empty folders, that then
update with new mail, instead of the original mail folders. I don't
mind re creating View Modes, but would hate to lose the big array of
working filters or the databases themselves. What should I look for,
rename, or delete to try and get TB understanding where things are
again please?
I am told TBS's internal backup and restore mechanism isn't very roust
and this is the third time backups have failed to be read properly in
about as many years. Trouble is you don't know until it's too late. I
have been told of one app to use to just backup the basic file
structure, (thank you Paul van Noord), ignoring that it's a mail
application, but that presumably won't back up TB!'s registry
settings. What are others using? is V5.* any more robust in the backup
/ restore department? I don't need additional features or IMAP so
would rather stay with what I know. Thanks for reading this long mail.
I really need to get TB! back on track as soon as possible, all help
sincerely appreciated. I am sure the Accounts - Properties - Files and
Directories are set correctly, pointing at the right places.
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Best Regards,
Chris Wilson.
mailto: ch...@chriswilson.tv
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