Re: Thank Goodness for Backups

["Just Looking" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

QB's on line back up from Iron Mountain and QB's own on line back up service
is worth a look.

"Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "ABLE_1" <royboynospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Bob,
> >
> > Congrats on the backup save.  Good job.
> >
> > Now to answer the last portion of your post.  Depending upon your
specific
> > desire this may work for you or not........................
> >
> > I use http://allwaysync.com/?a=1  and it works great.
>
>
> I'll check it out.  Actually I was thinking of something simpler.  Start
> Quickbooks with a script, and have the script execute file copy upon
exiting
> QuickBooks.  Then delete all my shortcuts and replace them with short cuts
> to the script.   Nothing else is critical, but having backups of the most
> current financial data is.
>
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> > And the best part is that it's FREE!!!!
> >
> > Give it a shot and let me know how it goes.
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > Les
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >>I use the 2004 Contractor Edition of Quickbooks for all my inhouse
> >>accounting.  It works great.  I also run a network drive for backups.
> >>Mostly its so I can access technical manuals from anywhere, but I also
> >>backup my accounting onto it.
> >>
> >> Yesterday my main accounting computer crashed.  Actually I am sure its
> >> just a Windows error as I can boot with one of my special tools CDs and
> >> explore the file structure.  Windows just keeps rebooting over and
over.
> >> Anyway, I grabbed a spare computer off the shelf, loaded my Quickbooks,
> >> and restored from my backup in less than 20 minutes.  I was able to
> >> invoice the jobs I needed to, check data, and do a bank deposit, and I
> >> was good to go.  I bought a couple reconditioned XP Pro work stations
on
> >> the cheap last year for spares and front office work stations when I
> >> realized how much Vista sucks, and that some of my critical
applications
> >> won't run on Vista.
> >>
> >> No I just need to figure out how to get this "new machine" configured
for
> >> my dual head monitor card.
> >>
> >> I have my Quickbooks setup to do an on drive backup everytime it shuts
> >> down, and a daily early AM backup to my network drive.  Its a
standalone
> >> network drive, although I imagine if you have enough faith in Windows
you
> >> could just use another PC for it, and set it to auto reboot every day
to
> >> prevent the Windows memory error from locking it up.  I would sure like
> >> to figure out how to get that autobackup on shutdown to be rotued to my
> >> network drive or another external drive, but there does not seem to be
> >> anyplace to configure that.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >> The guy who makes the final decision
> >> on who we do business with.
> >> Bob La Londe
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