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Old 07-22-2002, 06:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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My Seagate internal back up has suddenly stopped working. Until I get it figured out is there any way to back up onto floppy disks? I have Helios V8 1.1.39 and can't remember how we used to back up before getting that tape drive. Thanks, Tammy
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You will find "Utilities" in the Helios9 Program Start List - if you do not have a short cut already on your desktop (Start - Programs - Helios9 - Utilities).

Make sure that Helios is closed before you attempt to use the Utilities.

There are further instructions for doing a Helios Utilities Backup in my ACT Help Center.

You would chose Drive A (normally) for your diskette drive. You could do a backup into My Documents and look to see how big the file is. Divide the Mb size by 1.4 - that is the number of diskettes you will need.

This may prove to be an undesirable number of diskette. A backup into My Documents will provide some protection, in case of having to restore Helios due to data corruption, BUT it will not be sufficent in the case of Hardware failure.

Tape Backup Units often need cleaning, and the tape media often becomes corrupt itself - these are two issues to have your Hardware Technician review.
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Tammy, just noticed you stated you have Helios8 (V1.39).

No difference except the Program group will be Helios8 rather than Helios9
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Before you run out and fill up a couple hundred floppys, go out and get a CDR drive.

CDR has these advantages over Tape for backing up an Access database:

* When you do need to use your backups you often have lost the machine, so it means that you have to install your tape drive and get it working before you can recover your data. With a CD, just put it in the CD drive and go

* You can check to make sure a CD burned properly faster than confirming a tape wrote correctly

* CDRs are usually faster than low end tape drives.

* CDR prices are low enough that even though you use it only once, they still cost less than tapes

* Best yet, you will never overwrite an old backup! Because all Access databases tend to go bad over time, 7 or 14 day rotated tape or zip disk backups often contain partially corrupt copies. CDR's burn and put on a shelf (or better yet, take home). When you find you have a corrupt database, work backwards until you find a good one (loosing a week or two is better than starting from zero).

* CDR software is easier to use now than tape, expecially on XP. You can train a manager how to do it and if they mess up, they only made a $.10 coaster.

* If your data exceeds 650MB, then move up to a DVD-R, which only cost about $500 now.

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My son bought a CDR this last weekend at BestBuy for $39.00

It's a Digital Research and he installed it himself ( 13 years old and blonde ).

He uses it to burn music cds.
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