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Restoring PVDB From Backup

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nostra:
For the backup made from PVD use the Restore function in the program itself.
For backup you have made by copying the file, just copy it to the needed location and open in PVD.

doust:
Done it............but I have had to use an external hard drive which was out of date, so I am re-instating all the missing DVDs, not to bad about 55 to catch up on but better than re-installing over 3,000.

Just frightened that one day I will lose all this data.

Thanks

nostra:

--- Quote ---Done it............but I have had to use an external hard drive which was out of date,
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Could you explain, why exactly it did not work with later backups?

doust:
Sorry Nostra, looking again I can see why my e-mail was misconstrued.

The external hard drive is third in line for the back ups,

I back up most nights all my film data to an SD card inserted in the computer, then the next back up is to a 16GB USB drive, and thirdly once every month or so I back up to a large external hard drive.

The PVDB back up on the SD card and USB stick are up to date, if anything happens it is a simple transfer, but this time PVDB did not like either of these files and even when C&P'ing them onto the C Drive would not work, I haven't the faintest idea why?, (I have recalled that I have had problems restoring from USB keys and SD cards many years ago).

I did manage to use the large external hard drive, sadly the data was about four weeks old, so I spent the whole of the day re-installing all the lost data back onto the computer and now I am almost up to date.

nostra:

--- Quote ---but this time PVDB did not like either of these files and even when C&P'ing them onto the C Drive would not work, I haven't the faintest idea why?
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So, what happened? If PVD produces a "Bug Report", then send it to me, please. Check the access permissions for the database file. Make sure everybody have read and write access.

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