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jay
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 Posted - 15 Jun 2009 : 02:21:17
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Hello Everyone ....
First off, I may as well mention as does everyone else, the only reason I purchased Extreme Movie Manager was because a) I could afford it, b) It was continuously being developed, and c) Because of the obvious efforts that Alessio puts into it.
However, I have a problem which may just be me as the program does a 1000 times what I need so I often find the program very confusing to use.
I'd like to know the BEST way to Backup my COMPLETE database. I had a hard drive failure last year and this is one of the only programs that I did not have data backed up for.
As such, I am only now, almost a year later, finally getting around to entering in the couple hundred dvd's again. Not a big deal, but certainly a waste of my time if I could figure out how to back up and restore a COMPLETE database in it's entirety. (including Covers, or any other photos for that matter)
Thanks in advance for any help that any of you can offer.
Regards,
Jay
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MikeH.
New Member
USA
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Posted - 15 Jun 2009 : 03:57:19
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Originally posted by jay
Hello Everyone ....
First off, I may as well mention as does everyone else, the only reason I purchased Extreme Movie Manager was because a) I could afford it, b) It was continuously being developed, and c) Because of the obvious efforts that Alessio puts into it.
However, I have a problem which may just be me as the program does a 1000 times what I need so I often find the program very confusing to use.
I'd like to know the BEST way to Backup my COMPLETE database. I had a hard drive failure last year and this is one of the only programs that I did not have data backed up for.
As such, I am only now, almost a year later, finally getting around to entering in the couple hundred dvd's again. Not a big deal, but certainly a waste of my time if I could figure out how to back up and restore a COMPLETE database in it's entirety. (including Covers, or any other photos for that matter)
Thanks in advance for any help that any of you can offer.
Regards,
Jay
Short and simple way. Open "My Documents", find the "Extreme Movie Manager" (or "Extreme Movie Manager 7" if using the newest version) folder and open that. In it find the folder called "Databases" and back up everything in it with an archiving program such as Winrar, Winzip, or whatever your favorite archiving program is. One note, be sure the archiver is set to include sub-directories.
Store the archive on a different computer, or on CD or some place safe. If you ever need to restore it, after reinstalling EMM, just unpack the archive back to the "Databases" folder, then from EMM Select "Open Database" and in the file manager box that opens, you should see the old database name (with an .mdb extension). |
Edited by - MikeH. on 15 Jun 2009 04:06:16 |
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kicksumass
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 Jun 2009 : 16:49:44
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| Yep that works but just a thought, what is the use of the DB backup/export functions in File dropdown menu if not to do the same job? |
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MikeH.
New Member
USA
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Posted - 15 Jun 2009 : 23:35:59
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Originally posted by kicksumass
Yep that works but just a thought, what is the use of the DB backup/export functions in File dropdown menu if not to do the same job?
Unless it's changed in the Newest Beta 7 version, Backup only saves the main MS Access .mdb file. It doesn't save the cover, actor, or thumbnails images, that are stored in separate sub-folders. |
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jay
Starting Member
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Posted - 16 Jun 2009 : 02:49:21
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Thanks Mike.
This is exactly what I wanted to know and easy to do.
Regards,
Jay
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Originally posted by MikeH.
Short and simple way. Open "My Documents", find the "Extreme Movie Manager" (or "Extreme Movie Manager 7" if using the newest version) folder and open that. In it find the folder called "Databases" and back up everything in it with an archiving program such as Winrar, Winzip, or whatever your favorite archiving program is. One note, be sure the archiver is set to include sub-directories.
Store the archive on a different computer, or on CD or some place safe. If you ever need to restore it, after reinstalling EMM, just unpack the archive back to the "Databases" folder, then from EMM Select "Open Database" and in the file manager box that opens, you should see the old database name (with an .mdb extension).
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