A 100mb zip drive costs about $80, disks cost about $8 each. A 650mb CD
writer starts at $150, but the disks cost 25 cents each.
The CD writer is far more flexible, holds more, and will be a lot cheaper if
you make lots of backups.
On the subject of having multiple ebase folders on your hard disk, Filmaker
has a nasty flaw. When it tries to open a file, it first looks in the
current folder. If for whatever reason it can't find it (because the file
is damaged or accidentally deleted), Filemaker may start looking in other
folders for a file of the same name and will open it when it finds it. The
bad thing is that it doesn't tell you it's doing this, so it's possible to
have your active data files spread over multiple directories without you
knowing about it.
If you want multiple ebase folders on your disk (for backup purposes),
compress them with something like WINZIP.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Paulsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 5:32 PM
> To: TechRocks Support
> Subject: [support] Re: newbies questions
>
>
> Sally,
>
> As to your second questions: I use a zip, but there is good
> argument for a CD burner. It provides you with a permanent
> archive of your database, so if you delete
> old membership info, you may be able to recover it from the older
> backups. Lots of backups fit on one CD and the cost is quite
> competitive. I'd recommend backing
> up the full ebase fileset, in part because changes may occur in
> several files without your being fully aware of them. Also,
> since several files may get corrupted
> in a crash, the best way to recover is to restore from your most
> recent backup and re-enter any data lost since then. I keep a
> file of all changes between
> backups, particularly if I am making small, irregular changes for
> which I don't backup every day. I would use that to re-enter
> data after a crash (but I've only
> had one crash/recovery situation and that was before I instituted
> my backup system).
>
> Carl
>
>
>
> Sally Zaino wrote:
>
> > Next question: What is the best way, in your opinion, to back
> up the set
> > of ebase files in a location off of this hard drive? Should I
> buy a zip, a
> > CD burner? I also have a G3 Powerbook. Can I download ebase
> onto the G3
> > and then email my files from this PC to the Mac? No one else in our
> > organization currently has the database. Can I just send
> certain files to
> > another Board member weekly to store on his computer and send
> them back to
> > me if I lose mine? Does that person need to download ebase for this to
> > work? Do I have to back up the entire ebase file set, or can I
> just back
> > up certain files, like the "names" file, and reconstruct with a new
> > download of ebase if my computer crashes?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sally
> >
> > Sally Zaino
> > The Manada Conservancy
> > P.O. Box 25
> > Hummelstown, Pa. 17036
> > http://www.manada.org
> >
> > "The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to keep all the
> pieces." --Aldo
> > Leopold
> >
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