Re: A new graphic user interface
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- Subject: [mg111681] Re: A new graphic user interface
- From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:55:16 -0400 (EDT)
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On 09/08/10 10:12, David Park wrote: > In addition to the weekly full system backup on the PC backup drive, and a > monthly backup to DVD of all my important files, I also have a short term > CurrentBackup folder on my desktop. I make quick copies into there from the > home folder for current notebooks that I've been doing a lot of work on. > It's a simple low-tech method. > I like low tech backup methods too - you know exactly what is going on. I wrote a small C program to copy a file to a backup folder, appending a number to the file name so that multiple copies of the same file can be stored. For my main backup, I have found a splendid product with the curious name "EASEOUS TODO BACKUP". This copies and compresses a whole partition to another drive - typically an add on drive. The resulting file can be used to restore the entire machine, or it can be "mounted" so that it appears as another read-only drive. Remarkably this software is free - just download it! I don't think a backup mechanism built in to Mathematica would be useful - because I always have other files outside Mathematica, that I like to save at the same time. David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk