__/ [ AaronJ ] on Wednesday 26 April 2006 17:10 \__
> Ray Ingles <sorceror@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>On 2006-04-25, AaronJ <noemail@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Course the lack of a hot sync button won't help the guy with a bad
>>> screen. But then if he had made frequent backups maybe that kind of
>>> failure wouldn't have been a problem for his data anyway...
>>
>> Um, that's a bit harsh. There's no evidence that he *wasn't* making
>>frequent backups.
>
> Yes, perhaps You're right. My apology to the OP. It was not my intention to
> trash him but to just point out that the lack of a hot sync button in a TE,
> while perhaps a little inconvenient, does not have threaten all your data
> in a system failure if you make regular backups.
>
>>Are you saying that there's never been a window where
>>*you* entered some important data, but didn't instantly hotsync or
>>backup? :->
>
> Yes, I generally do do a backup after I enter *important* data. I use a
> free utility called RFBackup to backup the memory to the SD card that is
> *always* in the slot. It takes just a few seconds. But otherwise, yes you
> are right, I could lose some data in a system failure since I don't do a
> backup every second. But my impression is that the OP is not desperate
> because he lost just a little data, but that he apparently lost most or all
> his data. Thus my unfeeling kick 'em when their down it's your own fault
> for not making backups comment... ;)
Interestingly, I use the exact same strategy. Whenever I enter plenty of
information, I dump a copy using RFBackup. When I go on holiday, I take 2 SD
cards and exchange them between backups. This way, even if I lost the unit
(with the card inserted), I would have an isolated copy of the databases.
Best wishes,
Roy
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