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I gave up local backups because I never remembered to do them. I currently
back up via the Internet to a server in London. They bill my credit card
and I've got the system agent programmed to back up nightly. All of my
MetaStock data as well as other key files are stored there as well.
Unfortunately, I didn't have everything backed up when I lost my C: drive.
Got back all of my MS data and formulae.
It backs everything up nightly after I go to sleep. If something were to
happen, my worst case scenario is the loss of 1 days data. And, yes, I was
able to successfully able to recover and download key files from their site.
With my back up tape, I found that after a year or so, they were suspect and
several times, I couldn't even read them.
Regards
Guy
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of A.J. Maas
Sent: Monday, June 01, 1998 7:06 AM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Power-cut
Iomega-Zip100 has got this build-in, both back-up + scheduling.
Windows95 has got this build-in too, both back-up + scheduling.
Both will store to a zip-file(compressed) wich doesn't take up much
space on your discs.
Converting years of data does take along time, naturaly, because
of the length of the data, however, I noticed the Downloader to be
a very slow updater too. But, great "BUT", it does its jobs correct.
I also use a DOS based converter(from my data-provider), wich
races within seconds through the daily updates, BUT sometimes
misses out on a date or two.
Besides one well-known causer, some Metastock "no-admittance"
files wich MS leaves behind when the program has crashed and
wich then causes the-third-party-converter not to be able to "enter"
on the MS-dat-dop-files for the daily updating, the converter itselve
does not 100% convert either.
So, better of, a bit slower and correct, then to have to manualy
correct and check all over them again.
Best of luck "recovering", Louis.
Regards,
Ton Maas
Ms-IRB@xxxxxxxxx
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: L J Phillips <KISBAR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Aan: INTERNET:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Datum: zondag 31 mei 1998 21:22
Onderwerp: Re: Power-cut
>Tom.
>
>Thank you for your comments and suggestions.
>
>I managed to delete 3days of data (with Jan & Al help) and tried the
>conversion
>again with out any success.
>
>It looked to me that the downloader program it self were damaged.
>So in desperation I delated MS 6.5 from my PC.
>After reinstallation the conversion works, but now it takes very long to
>convert
>years of data,
>Now I am in the process of re building my old set up.
>
>looking back I should of had a back up.
>
>Any suggestion on setting up a back-up system will be apretiated.
>
>Thanks again.
>
>louis.
>
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