<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Or, you can go one step further and increase your security = 1,000-fold. Backup daily to an internet backup service. No MS Explorer, no floppy = disks, no tapes, no clicking all over the place. I don't bother at all with = the PTBiz backup "feature". I simply have designated a couple-hundred megs of data = (includes all PTBiz files) that I back up daily. Two clicks and it = usually takes only 2 to 5 minutes for the backup to run. This way you are protected = from computer malfunction, theft, fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, most acts = of war, etc. Just make sure your backup service is in another state. I back up = to somewhere in an underground bunker outside of Pittsburg - they claim it = will survive a nuclear attack (former military facility)!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <DIV>Tampa, Florida</DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tompiano@gate.net href="mailto:tompiano@gate.net">Tom = Servinsky</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 01, 2002 = 7:01 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: ptbiz file = back-up</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Tom,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I'll add to what Greg wrote about the backing up = of PTBiz files. I too was a bit confused on procedure. Actually you can thank (smirk...) the author for not completing the necessary program = keystrokes for making this a one keystroke procedure.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>After it asks you whether you want to or not make = a backup, if you say yes, it will prompt to another screen saying that the = backup has been completed. However it really isn't.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>From that point you have to go to Windows Explorer = ( shortcut...press the Microsoft icon key on your keyboard along with = the E key).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>In Windows Explorer hit the C: icon, and the +next = to it. Then scroll down to Program Files. Again hit the + icon next to = Program Files, then scroll down to the PTBiz file. Click on PTBiz then on the right = side of the screen you'll see the date in which you last backed up, along with = a 7-8 digit number. That's your backup.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Now you have to copy that file ( top of page in = Edit), then go to the File column (far left) and go to SEND TO. Press SEND TO and determine which drive you want to save the backup in. My A drive is = the floppy drive, so I send it to a: drive. You'll then see it the information = being transferred over to the disk drive. Done.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Again, make sure you take the time to THANK (@#?$) = the author for this programming shortcoming. He wonders why more of his = programs never sold. Well, it's for reasons like this that makes the program = laborious to use.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Tom Servinsky,RPT</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=carpthos@televiso.com = href="mailto:carpthos@televiso.com">Thos. Carpenter</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">List PTG</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 01, = 2002 12:04 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> ptbiz file = back-up</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Can someone tell me how to back up the "ptbiz" files?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I`ve had the program for a couple months now and = am getting nervous about not having a backed up version of my = files.  I`ve tried signing up with the yahoo group but there is a glich going on = with that and haven`t been able to get in ( I think that may have = something to do with the fact I don`t elect to have their title bar istalled on my windows). </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>sincerely,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Tom Carpenter</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>