>Hi,
>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?
Either works, and Carl had some good insights into their relative value.
>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?
All that is possible, as others have pointed out. A reality check,
though. An empty ebase file set is 11Mb, 3Mb compressed in a zip
archive. That will take 15 minutes at minimum with a compressed set
of empty files. These files can get very big very quickly. Emailing
files around will prove inconvenient enough that it won't get done.
> Does that person need to download ebase for this to work?
Not to just receive and store the files.
>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?
I concur with the other correspondents that backing up only certain
files is very risky.
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Dave Shaw Northwest Classics, Inc
tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338
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