Re: Thank Goodness for Backups

["Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

"ABLE_1" <royboynospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Bob,
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> Congrats on the backup save.  Good job.
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> Now to answer the last portion of your post.  Depending upon your specific
> desire this may work for you or not........................
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> 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.






> And the best part is that it's FREE!!!!
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> Give it a shot and let me know how it goes.
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> Good luck.
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> Les
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> "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.
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>> 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.
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>> No I just need to figure out how to get this "new machine" configured for
>> my dual head monitor card.
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>> 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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>> --
>> Sincerly,
>> The guy who makes the final decision
>> on who we do business with.
>> Bob La Londe
>>
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