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Jimmy,
Which imaging software are you using?
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jimmy" <jhsnowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Henri Amand" <h.amand@xxxxxxxxx>; "Omega-List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 3:04 PM
Subject: Re[2]: historical data lost in GS (possible after power failure ?)
> Henri,
>
> I backup my data each night. I use Windows XP Pro and use the backup
> that has shadow copy. This allows a backup without shutting down
> Tradestation or any other program. I only backup things like my
> MyWork folder that contains my workspaces, systems and indicators. I
> also backup the Server folder that has the list of symbols and a
> folder called PDS which has all the data for all the systems. Then I
> backup other stuff like documents...
>
> Before the backup runs and it runs automatically I run Macro
> Scheduler. All Macro Scheduler does is take each of seven backups,
> one for each of the last seven days and copy them to a different name.
> Something like it takes number 6 backup and calls it number 7 then
> number 5 becomes number 6 until finally it takes the one from last
> night and names it backup2 so when the windows backup runs it will
> save as backup. This way if I don't notice some error I have several
> days of backup to draw from. All this runs late at night
> automatically to a different hard disk. I also make a image type
> copy of my C: every week or so on a different drive. This way if I
> really mess up something or my C: burns up I unplug the C: and put the
> plug from the G: (the full backup drive) into the C: port. I use
> Serial ATA drives but you can do the same with IDE type hard drives.
> This way if I have a really bad failure I can shut down swap the
> cables and be booted up in about 30 seconds longer than a normal
> reboot. Then I bring back the latest Windows backup of whatever I
> need such as my Tradestation data and workspaces to make them current
> to last night. I use Esignal so I can download todays data and be
> running very quickly.
>
> Jimmy
>
> Sunday, August 29, 2004, 4:50:57 PM, you wrote:
>
> HA> Jimmy wrote:
>
> HA> Thanks Jimmy,
>
> HA> it's not a problem to get the data. I actualy have 2 computers
> HA> both running TS with two different datafeeds so i can get
> HA> it from the one and import it into the other. (a very good
> HA> backup if one datafeed fails :-)
>
> HA> I just hoped there might be another way to try to save the
> HA> data since i try to keep my two different datafeeds seperated
> HA> (for historical testing because datafeeds differ a lot in quality
> HA> from time to time)
>
> HA> But from your comment i understand i better not hope the
> HA> data is still there so i then will indeed need to import it.
>
> HA> Also means i apperantly should backup the data from time to
> HA> time....
>
> HA> Thanks for your help this time and in the past (the reindexing
> HA> also came from a previous post from you i found)
>
> HA> Greetings,
>
> HA> Henri
>
>
> >> Henri,
> >>
> >> If it isn't there then you need to get it from someone that has that
> >> symbol and date of the data you need. Which symbol is it and what
> >> period of time do you need? Maybe someone on the list has it. If
> >> I've got it I will send it to you.
> >>
> >> Jimmy
> >>
> >> Sunday, August 29, 2004, 4:35:16 PM, you wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hello,
> >>
> >> > For some reason i am missing data for one of
> >> > my symbols i collect (TS2000i). Maybe it is because
> >> > recently I had a power failure here, but not sure about
> >> > that.
> >>
> >> > Anyway, i allready tried, after a search in the archive
> >> > of this list, tried to reindex the data (removed the IDX
> >> > files etc) but unfortunatly that did not help.
> >>
> >> > Does anyone have any other idea's on how to get
> >> > the missing data back ?
> >>
> >>
> >> > thanks in advance,
> >>
> >>
> >> > greetings,
> >>
> >>
> >> > Henri
>
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Jimmy mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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