Advice

[Tom Van Braeckel]

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Donald Allen <donaldcallen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:30 PM,  <dfett1080 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > I have tried to put my problem out on the IRC channel but have been
> unable to get a response.
> >
> > My system (Vista) crashed and had to be reloaded. I of course lost all
> programs including GnuCash. I have what I thought was a backup file of my
> business books titled DesertDiabetesResources with file type showing as
> "file". I have now re loaded the system as well as GnuCash(2.2.9) but have
> been unable to retrieve my business books. I see in FAC and some
> documentation mentioning XAC files. I do not have this file anywhere. Is the
> XAC file the only way I could have got my information back or is there a way
> to do it with the DesertDiabetesResources file.
>
> Have you tried opening  the DesertDiabetesResources file with Gnucash?
> From your description, it doesn't sound hopeful, but it's worth a try.
>
> This is too late to help you in this situation, but I'll give you the
> standard backup lecture. If you do *anything* with a computer that
> involves writing files containing information that you care about,
> that you would be unhappy to lose, then you *must* back up your system
> regularly (you should not accumulate un-backed-up information that you
> would be unwilling to lose). Hardware fails, software fails, things go
> wrong. It doesn't happen often, and so people develop a false sense of
> security and don't bother with backups. But when Murphy turns his
> attention on you (and if you read his Law, you will note that he will
> try to do so at the worst possible time) you be happy you foiled him
> by being conscientious about backups. Hard drives in USB shoeboxes are
> dirt cheap these days, or USB flash drives can serve as the backup
> medium, depending on your space requirements, so there's just no
> excuse, financial or otherwise, for not doing this. I don't use
> Windows much and, fortunately, I have no experience with Vista, but I
> use Acronis for Windows backups (it gives you a process for making a
> bootable CD, which is what I've done, because I don't like running
> backup software on top of the very system I'm backing up -- I want the
> backup-ee to be complete quiescent).
>
> /Don Allen
>

Great backup lecture ! I'm saving it for next time I need it.


>
> >
> > Thanks for your time and any assistance you can give.
> >
> > D Fetters
> > dfett1080 at comcast.net
> >
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