BACKUP DAILY TO REMOVABLE DRIVE
Purchase seven USB thumb drives. A
2-gigabyte drive is under $6.00 at Walmart.
Label drives Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
On Monday, backup to Monday, on Tuesday, backup to Tuesday, etc ..
At the end of each day press E and B to backup (with all other
computers out of VetMaster.)
CREATE BACKUP STATEMENT (statements
are saved in c:\unique\b.bat)
Press E and C to create
backup statement from VetMaster's Main Menu.
Type the following two lines: (Replace Z: with drive letter of plugged in thumb
drive)
XCOPY /E/R/Y/F *.* Z:\UNIQUE\*.*
PAUSE
PERIODICALLY TEST BACKUP
Run Z:\UNIQUE\GO.BAT
(replace Z: with thumb drive letter)
PROTECT EACH COMPUTER FROM POWER
OUTAGES
Plug each computer into a UPS.
NOTES
If you have a network, another
computer can share a folder and receive an additional copy.
This requires an additional XCOPY statement.
It is a good idea to keep a backup copy outside the practice.
The default drive and folder is C:\UNIQUE,
but may be different on your system.
If you have any question or see any error, please call or email for help.
Each veterinary practice must take responsibility to backup daily and test the
backup.