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<DIV>Just curious...</DIV>
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<DIV>Do others find that the need for a backup is rarely the result of hardware failure, but rather user error or misunderstanding and/or (dare I say it) programmer failure? </DIV>
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<DIV>My observation is that by far the majority of the time I have needed to restore something from a backup it was because the user irretrievably messed something up; or I programmed badly and therefore inadvertently allowed a bad, unintended consequence to result.</DIV>
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<DIV>Further, would you not agree that restoring from backup media is tedious and sometimes frustrating, especially when you don't have control of the media, having left that to the user?</DIV>
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<DIV>So... I have for some time now been adding another phase to my backup routines, namely copying filepro key files and other data files to other names in other directories on the hard drive. This allows me a quick and easy way to restore data without going to a site and without requiring the user to find the correct backup media. This has worked so well, I am thinking of adding to the plan so that multiple versions of the data exist, e.g. multiple sets of the data just as there are multiple sets of backup media. </DIV>
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<DIV>For those of you with huge data files this strategy might not be viable. But my largest key file is only about 200 mb, so for me it is doable. With the cost of hard drive space low, and CPU speed high, I am thinking this plan is good.</DIV>
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<DIV>Any comments?</DIV>
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<DIV>-Lee</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Lee B. Walker<BR>Walker & Company<BR>5307 Front Royal Drive<BR>Cross Lanes, WV 25313<BR>304-419-0013<BR>leefp1@aol.com<BR><A href="http://www.walkeronline.com/">www.walkeronline.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>