so...what happens if there hasn't been properly backed up by people here?
this is a question i wish i didn't have to ask. but i do, so if someone
could answer the questions below as to if there is any variation in type of
file damage (bad versus really bad?...) that would be great. thank you,
becca
-----Original Message-----
From: Walt Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: TechRocks Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 5:59 AM
Subject: [support] RE: file damage
>Definitely go with the backup.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Becca Deehr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 4:45 AM
>> To: TechRocks Support
>> Subject: [support] file damage
>>
>>
>> so, i think i have the answer to this one, but i wanted to make sure.
>> i was working on the layout for a letter in ebase, in the payments file.
i
>> copied text from a microsoft word document and pasted it into the ebase
>> layout, and was changing the fonts and it froze for a couple of
>> seconds, and
>> then said that the file was damaged and that i needed to recover. before
>> shutting down and recovering, i opened it up once to see what it
>> looked like
>> and the view payments screen was now using a random font that i
>> don't think
>> i've ever used before (yes, i most likely should not have opened
>> it at all,
>> i admit)
>> so the next thing i did, (foolishly, it seems) is listen to the
>> computer and
>> recover the payments file--before reading up on database crashes in this
>> support listserve that say "DO NOT RECOVER, EVER, AT ALL, etc etc etc"...
>> so, it was only the payments file that i recovered. and i don't
>> really know
>> much about file damage..if there would be a difference between
>> playing with
>> a font, of all things, when damage happened, versus working with more
>> important data. also, something that i had never heard of is problems
with
>> incompatible printer drivers, such as hp laserjet 5, which just happens
to
>> be EXACTLY what we have and is mentioned in the recover section
>> of the ebase
>> admin manual.
>>
>> so, that answer that i think i have is that i should go back to a backup
>> made earlier today (HOPEFULLY!), which is in the back office, and i don't
>> think i've ever seen or touched before because our exec director
>> has been in
>> charge of that... what do you think?
>> if anyone thinks it's ok to use this recovered version let me know.
>>
>> as other people on this list, let me mention my deep (cavernous)
>> appreciation for the technically proficient people helping us all
>> out. thank
>> you!
>> becca
>>
>> Rebecca Deehr
>> Membership Database Manager
>> Telephone Outreach Project Supervisor
>> _____________________________
>> Washington Wilderness Coalition
>> 4649 Sunnyside Avenue, Suite 520
>> Seattle, WA 98103
>>
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