> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of FireBrick
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 07:40
> To: Writelog List
> Subject: [WriteLog] and the saga continues
>
>
> Today was the very first day that I fully realized the importance of
> upgrading to XP.
> After I was able to get MMulty to work properly with Writelog I managed to
> really screw up Writelog.
> It would not load fully, I would get a message that an error
> occurred in the
> Writelog MFC application.
> That stall out.
> No amount of uninstalling/reinstalling would correct the problem.
>
> BUT, BIG BUT
> XP has a Restore feature. It will restore your computer, without
> loosing any
> data files, to the state it was in on a previous date.
> So I just went to the Restore option and selected yesterday.
> as they say on the cluster
> BINGO!
> Not only did Writelog load fully, but it even remember the port
> settings and
> MMulty was still working.
>
> For any of you who don't believe in "If it ain't broke..don't fix it" and
> manage to screw things up...
> XP is for you.
> It saved me from doing a major reinstall.
>
This is a very nice feature that is also available in WIN98 but not built
in. You have to buy go back. Nevertheless DO NOT use it as your ONLY backup.
It is logical to have at least a program like Norton Ghost or Drive Image
which makes an EXACT BIT FOR BIT image of the disk and restores it to
EXACTLY the way it was. GOBACK cannot do that and cannot handle open files.
>
>
>
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> "This will start with a bang in Hollywood and degenerate throughout the
> whole world." Samuel Goldwyn
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Bill H. in Chicagoland
> w9ol@billnjudy.com
>
>
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