Yes, we do offline backups (CD/RW, USB thumbdrive). Those stay with the financial records, for easily-accessible restores.
Then , I go to Outlook express and email a copy of the backup to my email account at home.
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I'd like to see an option in choosing backups for a POST-PROCESSING .bsat file. You'd call it, passing in the fully-qualified location of the backup file (and date/time if you'd like).
Then, the user could do anything else they wanted -- make a secondary copy on other media, call a routine to email the contents elsewhere, etc.
Interesting. Definitely send that suggestion to wishlist@powerchurch.com. When the backup/restore function gets rewritten eventually, that may be something development can think about.
Thanks for adding those options into the Maintenance Release.
Works GREAT. I added a directory share, and then mapped a drive to the same PC. Zip-zap-boom and the mapped drive pops up in the backup list.
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So it's on disk as well. We have some extra email accounts with our service. So I just email the .zip file off to one of those email addresses. We don't have a REAL user set up to receive those mails. Then, from ANY PC, I use Internet Explorer and access our provider's Webmail.
Presto. They're all there. Once I'm home I can just download and save it to the USB thubmdrive (which I forgot and left at home).
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so for now, I have another always-accessible-for-us "online" backup, by using bellsouth's Webmail.
I have PCP+ V9, but I can't backup to a flash or USB drive. PCP+ v9 only allows backup to floppy and CD.
Does anyone backup to a flash drive? and if you do how do I?
You can backup to any USB enabled exterior drive. You must have the USB device installed prior to opening PC+, and Windows must have recognized the device as being available. You should check My Computer to see if the system has recognized the USB device as a drive. It should be shown with a drive letter assigned..
I have a 32MB USB Thumbdrive which appears in Windows Explorer as a FlashDrive. On my Windows 2000 workstation, I can not back up to it. Visual FoxPro reports it as a Non-Removable hard drive. I also have a memory card reader attached, I can however back up to a memory stick. One difference I have noticed; In Windows Explorer (My Computer) right click on the drive. When the drive has an eject option (CD drives aside) it reports back as one of the following: Floppy disk, Removable drive, Network drive, or RAM disk. Network drive types might have a disconnect option instead of an eject option. <smile>
So the short of it, Sometimes the Windows Operation System does not correctly register USB drives as removable. For some USB devices a special driver may be required.
I have a 32MB USB Thumbdrive which appears in Windows Explorer as a FlashDrive. On my Windows 2000 workstation, I can not back up to it. Visual FoxPro reports it as a Non-Removable hard drive. I also have a memory card reader attached, I can however back up to a memory stick. One difference I have noticed; In Windows Explorer (My Computer) right click on the drive. When the drive has an eject option (CD drives aside) it reports back as one of the following: Floppy disk, Removable drive, Network drive, or RAM disk. Network drive types might have a disconnect option instead of an eject option. <smile>
So the short of it, Sometimes the Windows Operation System does not correctly register USB drives as removable. For some USB devices a special driver may be required.
I totally agree .. which is why I did say that it should be recognized as a USB exterior drive. I should have identified it as removable instead ... !!