[Dx4win] DX4WIN Back Up-Secondary Back-Up File

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Thomas Schwinn <w4nbs at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> This option is mentioned in the DX4WIN Help File under SETTING PREFERENCES,
> PREFERENCES | QSO.  Under HELP, do a search for SECONDARY BACKUP DIRECTORY or
> BACKUP.
>
> Or, you can go to Appendix B under "SAVE DIRECTORY" and click on the hyperlink
> (File | Preferences | QSO) and that will also take you to the page that
> describes this feature.

I don't remember seeing a question about this. From my experience,
don't make this a network or slow USB flash drive.  DX4WIN will be
unusable during the time it's writing the secondary backup (the same
would be true for the primary backup).

I feel I am better off using a 3rd-party tool that backs up in the
background.  I chose SyncBackSE, but I'm not 100% satisfied with my
choice (it's set to backup on any file change):

1.  When I'm running the update.bat script, I've seen files get
corrupted as SyncBackSE tries to synchronize files md-way through the
download).

2.  I have had cases where the backup didn't occur as expected, or the
program didn't start on a reboot.  This causes my upstairs and
downstairs computers to get out of sync.

Another tool was mentioned on the reflector a few months back, but I
don't recall the name.

Also go to http://dx4win.ad1c.us/ and find the Application Note about
DX4WIN Data Protection Strategies. It was written before secondary
backup was added to DX4WIN, and does not mention SyncBackSE or the
other program (it seems everyone has a different favorite).

73 - Jim AD1C

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us