Re: Need Advice on Backing Up and Reinstalling
Hello MFPA, On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 20:51:39 + GMT (18-Feb-14, 03:51 +0700 GMT), MFPA wrote: 2. What files will I need to back up? I would back up the whole TB! mail directory, the whole TB! program directory, and the relevant registry key. But that is probably overkill. I have used the internal backup and restore function in TB! when moving to a new computer, with no problems at all. On the new computer (in this case, after formatting and reinstalling Windows), download the installer and it will ask you whether you want to restore from a backup. Point it to the backup file, and you'll have a clone of your previous TB!, with fodler, filters, settings and of course mails. For all accounts that you backed up. Even your licence will have been backed up and restored. Can't be more convenient. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 6.2.6 under Windows 7 6.1 Build 7601 Service Pack 1 Current version is 6.1.8 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Need Advice on Backing Up and Reinstalling
MG I am currently using The Bat! version 4.2.44.2 on a PC with a Windows 7 operating system. MG I received an error message this morning saying that my copy of MG Windows 7 was not a genuine one. It is genuine and came loaded on my laptop from Dell. MG I called Dell support, and after trying a number of other MG workarounds, they've decided that my Windows 7 has become MG corrupted--or at least some files on it have--and I need to have MG the operating system reinstalled. MG They will work with me on this, but obviously it means I'm going MG to have to reinstall all my programs after the operating system is MG re-done, and that includes The Bat! MG My questions are three: MG 1a. Will I be able to reinstall the same version of The Bat? It MG has given me no problems, and I seem to be reading that people are MG having problems with version 6. I still have the MG thebat_pro_4-2-44.msi file from when I originally installed it and I do have my Key Block. MG 1b. If I have to use a newer version of The Bat! are there any MG changes I need to know about that will affect my ability to MG retrieve my mail from the backups? MG 2. What files will I need to back up? MG ---My mail directory setting in Preferences lists: %APPDATA%\The MG Bat!\ I assume this means my mail directory is in MG C:\Users\MSG\AppData\Roaming\TheBat!\Janus1 where MSG is my user MG name and Janus1 is my mail account name. I already back up my MG Users\MSG directory every night to an online backup site called IBackup. MG ---In addition, I do an automatic daily backup to a file called MG C:\TheBatBackups\Batbackup2.tbk This daily backup is set to back MG up all address books and all accounts. This also is sent every night to the IBackup site. MG ---Is there anything else I need to back up in order to retrieve MG all my mail after I reinstall TheBat!? MG 3. After I reinstall TheBat! I will copy my backed up Users\MSG MG file onto my computer. Do I also have to restore the .tbk file to MG The Bat! or will just moving the previous User folder be enough? MG Thanks for any help. Let the more knowledgeable chime in but there was a database change with v5 and if you run v5 or later, it is not backwardly compatible Back up your RIT reg key and put it in your mail folder then ARCHIVE it and move it somewhere off the machine, or at least the C:\ drive The Bat's backup can be flakey. I tried it and had about a third of the files unusable and unable to restore them Check your private mail in about 5 minutes for something that may make all this moot :) -- Rick All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man. --Jiddu Krishnamurti Version 6.2.14 (64-bit) on Windows 6.2 Build 9200 Current version is 6.1.8 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Need Advice on Backing Up and Reinstalling
On Monday, February 17, 2014, 15:21:11, Mike Greenbaum wrote: I called Dell support, and after trying a number of other workarounds, they've decided that my Windows 7 has become corrupted--or at least some files on it have--and I need to have the operating system reinstalled. Have you tried entering the product key from the sticker under the notebook? Usually this works around the problem. 1a. Will I be able to reinstall the same version of The Bat? It has given me no problems, and I seem to be reading that people are having problems with version 6. I still have the thebat_pro_4-2-44.msi file from when I originally installed it and I do have my Key Block. Yes, it should work without problems. -- Jernej Simončič http://eternallybored.org/ Those who expect the biggest tips provide the worst service. -- Tipper's Law Current version is 6.1.8 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
