Mark A Matte
markamatte at hotmail.com
Mon Mar 24 15:28:36 CDT 2008
Hello All, I need to search a folder with 100's of Access DBs...and find the ones with a certain table,form,qry, or module name. Any ideas? Thanks, Mark A. Matte > From: bill_patten at embarqmail.com > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:21:48 -0700 > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT:Backup and Restore Complete PCs > > John, > > You are correct about Acronis 10 or 11 but Acronis Echo Workstation (about > $79) coupled with Acronis Universal Restore (about $39) is designed to add > drivers etc when restoring the image. > > http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/ATICW/universal-restore.html > > As I have stated before I have not personally used it yet but a friend of > mine took an image of an old Pentium 3 with IDE's and restored it to a new > Dell with SATA drives with no problem. > > > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jwcolby" > To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" > > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 11:23 AM > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT:Backup and Restore Complete PCs > > > Drew, > > While technically correct, what it is restoring does not contain the drivers > for the machine being restored to. For a rather extreme example, suppose > that the machine that you are imaging has a raid 1 array for the boot disk > but the machine being restored to only has a single disk and no raid > functionality. Or that the NIC chip is by a completely different company. > Or that the chipset on one is Nvidia but on the restore machine is Intel. > Etc. > > The restore might occur but the chance that the restore computer will be > happy when it tries to boot is remote. > > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 2:11 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT:Backup and Restore Complete PCs > > Acronis True Image restore. It will restore an 'image' to a different PC, > regardless of hardware. > > Drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 2:15 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: [AccessD] OT:Backup and Restore Complete PCs > > Dear List, > Can anybody offer a solution. > Last week I had a complete PC Crash which resulted in having to purchase a > new PC. > Data is backed up ok. > However all the setting, updates, personalization etc has gone out of the > window. > Had to reinstall apps, download all updates, etc, etc. Re-install all > printers. > I am sure you will get the picture. It still isn't back to where it was. > > I need some sort of software/hardware fix so that if this happens again (not > just for me but for anybody) then the "Fix" will restore the new PC exactly > as the Broken PC and take into account the fact that the *hardware is > different.* > > *hardware is different.* Herein lies the rub. > > If I use an IMAGE then it does just that - which include all hardware > settings, OS setting, Registry setting etc. > I cannot restore an IMAGE to a new PC which may have a completely different > hardware configuration. > > Likewise, just backing up everything will not work because a Restore will > overwrite the new PC installed setting/directories etc. > > I need something which works like, say, PCMover. But PCMover expects the > PC being restored to, to be the one it was backed up from! > > I need to move "the stuff" to the standby PC. Ditch the broken PC. Set up > a new PC. Restore "the stuff" from the standby PC. > > "The Stuff" to include *everything* not related to the physical PC. > Printer > drivers, apps, data, etc. > > Any solutions, ideas, pointers? > > Thanks > Max > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com The information contained in this > transmission is intended only for the person or entity to which it is > addressed and may contain II-VI Proprietary and/or II-VI Business Sensitive > material. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender > immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or > hard copy. 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