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John,
I'm using Casper. Cheap and works really well. Not fancy just good.
I tried Ghost. Ugh. Plus Ghost doesn't do what I want.
Monday, August 30, 2004, 5:34:58 PM, you wrote:
j> Jimmy,
j> Which imaging software are you using?
j> John
j> ----- Original Message -----
j> From: "Jimmy" <jhsnowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
j> To: "Henri Amand" <h.amand@xxxxxxxxx>; "Omega-List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
j> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 3:04 PM
j> 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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Best regards,
Jimmy mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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