06-03-2009 10:15 AM
Help
My old laptop just gave up the ghost and I am trying to transfer database to my semi-old laptop both running XP (I am running Act 2006). I have a two and a half week old database saved in Zip file form by ACT and I know how to restore that. I have a two day old database which was saved by an Iomega backup program in an unzipped format. I really really need to restore the 2 day old database. I tried clicking on it through the open database command and through Windows explorer; neither one works. The "Restore As" command only gives you zip file option to open file. Is there a workaround to this? I really don't want to lose two weeks worth of data.
Rather than lose the data I may open up Outlook and try to import to Outlook from the backup file and then reimport to ACT. However I am hoping I don;t have to try this.
Thanks in advance.
Steve Ostreicher
06-03-2009 11:49 AM
06-03-2009 10:30 AM
06-03-2009 10:45 AM
Hi Roy
thanks for your quick response. I set the Iomega backup program to save everytime I saved and when I look at the files on Windows Explorer I see 3 files:
ADB says 6/1/09 ALF also says 6/1/09, both at 22:10 while the PAD gives me a date in 2007. I did not see an ADF file but I did not check all the many files in the 4 subfolders.
Does any of this change your opinion?
06-03-2009 11:33 AM
06-03-2009 11:46 AM
Roy
Sorry to get so basic but when you say open the database with the ADB file, do you mean by double clicking on it in The Window Explorer window?
Also for safety sake will moving the PAD file to another folder, give me the same effect as deleting it?
Thanks again!
06-03-2009 11:49 AM
06-03-2009 12:02 PM
Roy
Success!! You definitely know your stuff!!!
Thanks a bunch
Steve Ostreicher