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I use X5 loaded on my workstation and have my working folder on a
network drive. Our IT dept backs up those drives every night. In case of
a major loss, I can get them to restore from the previous day. However,
I always back up to my hard drive at the end of the day, just by
generating a copy to a folder. That does not save the source code, but
does save all my topic data. In case I need it quickly, I can just cut
and paste. Sometimes, it might take several days for the IT dept to
restore my original files, and I don't want to wait that long...:-)
Cyndy Legg
Harris Corporation
System Support Engineer
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 09:29:45 -0400
From: "Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>
Subject: Another RoboHelp question
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This involves X5. Does anyone know how to do quick-and-dirty backups? I
SOMEHOW managed to destroy several topics within my project. I wasn't
given any warnings. I rebuilt them, but really!
I am usually good at doing under-the-radar, save-my-bacon backups, but
RH is not being helpful. Its Project Manager is rather limited, in my
opinion. Everything I want to do involves Windows Explorer, which RH
specifically tells you NOT to use.
Some messages appeared, telling me my data was being destroyed. I had no
alternative but to click Yes, and watch my data go bye-bye.
I wound up building an extra chapter using duplicate topics (after I
rewrote them) within my original project. Not ideal by any means, but
far better than nothing, I guess.
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