On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Donald Allen <donaldcal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:30 PM, <dfett1...@comcast.net> wrote: > > I have tried to put my problem out on the IRC channel but have been > unable to get a response. > > > > My system (Vista) crashed and had to be reloaded. I of course lost all > programs including GnuCash. I have what I thought was a backup file of my > business books titled DesertDiabetesResources with file type showing as > "file". I have now re loaded the system as well as GnuCash(2.2.9) but have > been unable to retrieve my business books. I see in FAC and some > documentation mentioning XAC files. I do not have this file anywhere. Is the > XAC file the only way I could have got my information back or is there a way > to do it with the DesertDiabetesResources file. > > Have you tried opening the DesertDiabetesResources file with Gnucash? > From your description, it doesn't sound hopeful, but it's worth a try. > > This is too late to help you in this situation, but I'll give you the > standard backup lecture. If you do *anything* with a computer that > involves writing files containing information that you care about, > that you would be unhappy to lose, then you *must* back up your system > regularly (you should not accumulate un-backed-up information that you > would be unwilling to lose). Hardware fails, software fails, things go > wrong. It doesn't happen often, and so people develop a false sense of > security and don't bother with backups. But when Murphy turns his > attention on you (and if you read his Law, you will note that he will > try to do so at the worst possible time) you be happy you foiled him > by being conscientious about backups. Hard drives in USB shoeboxes are > dirt cheap these days, or USB flash drives can serve as the backup > medium, depending on your space requirements, so there's just no > excuse, financial or otherwise, for not doing this. I don't use > Windows much and, fortunately, I have no experience with Vista, but I > use Acronis for Windows backups (it gives you a process for making a > bootable CD, which is what I've done, because I don't like running > backup software on top of the very system I'm backing up -- I want the > backup-ee to be complete quiescent). > > /Don Allen > Great backup lecture ! I'm saving it for next time I need it. > > > > > Thanks for your time and any assistance you can give. > > > > D Fetters > > dfett1...@comcast.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-devel mailing list > > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
