Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014
Re: Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014
In your backup directory there should be a 'restore.vbs'. You should be able to d-click this file and it in turn should install.
Is this not happening for you?
Is this not happening for you?
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Re: Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014
I didnt even know where to begin!
I'll try it and report back.
Thanks a ton!
I'll try it and report back.
Thanks a ton!
Re: Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014
A bit of warning to those using the "delete old backups" portion of this script.
If you ever run this script somewhere other than your main backup folder (even by accident), you may want remove the row containing that location from the DB.
The script deletes "everything" from the old backup locations, regardless if it's an MM backup or not.
So for example, if you ran it on the root of an HD at some point...well, you're in for a bad time. Learned that the hard way :|
If you ever run this script somewhere other than your main backup folder (even by accident), you may want remove the row containing that location from the DB.
The script deletes "everything" from the old backup locations, regardless if it's an MM backup or not.
So for example, if you ran it on the root of an HD at some point...well, you're in for a bad time. Learned that the hard way :|
Re: Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014
Wow ... That should be corrected
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Re: Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014
I have never had that happen to me.DakuTree wrote:A bit of warning to those using the "delete old backups" portion of this script.
If you ever run this script somewhere other than your main backup folder (even by accident), you may want remove the row containing that location from the DB.
The script deletes "everything" from the old backup locations, regardless if it's an MM backup or not.
So for example, if you ran it on the root of an HD at some point...well, you're in for a bad time. Learned that the hard way :|
Or do you mean that you didn't put your backup in a folder?
Re: Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014
That's exactly what it does, and that's exactly why it outputs a confirmation message asking you if you're sure, which a count of how much would be deleted! It has to do a clean up, otherwise when you delete scripts and stuff, they wouldn't be deleted from the backup.
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Re: Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014
I've just installed Backup 6.0. When I close MM I consistently get an error message. I've shown it below, together with the contents of my four Scripts folders.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/401 ... -BU6-3.jpg
Presumably I should get a pop-up telling me the backup was successful?
I assume that no backup has been made, but where should I look for it?
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/401 ... -BU6-3.jpg
Presumably I should get a pop-up telling me the backup was successful?
I assume that no backup has been made, but where should I look for it?
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
MM 5.0.2.2532 (Gold), i7 4.0 GHz running Win 10 Pro
MM 4.1.31.1919 (Gold)
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Re: Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014
Ah, I reckon that must be what happened to cause my catastrophe! Although in my case, it was at least partly my own fault as I was apparently using an old backup, 3.8, from MM v3. Took me two days before I realised it was MM's backup that was losing my 300 GB. See this thread if you want more details:DakuTree wrote:A bit of warning to those using the "delete old backups" portion of this script.
If you ever run this script somewhere other than your main backup folder (even by accident), you may want remove the row containing that location from the DB.
The script deletes "everything" from the old backup locations, regardless if it's an MM backup or not.
So for example, if you ran it on the root of an HD at some point...well, you're in for a bad time. Learned that the hard way :|
http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... 35#p408435
I've got past that but have just posted about the remaining error message, which is how I came to read your warning.
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
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Re: Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014
Did you look in the folder you specified in the options?terrypin wrote:I've just installed Backup 6.0. When I close MM I consistently get an error message. I've shown it below, together with the contents of my four Scripts folders.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/401 ... -BU6-3.jpg
Presumably I should get a pop-up telling me the backup was successful?
I assume that no backup has been made, but where should I look for it?
Where's the db and ini stored
Reporting Bugs
Where tags are stored
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Re: Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014
Check out my last post in the other thread.
MM user since 2003 (lifetime lic. 2012) "Trying to imagine life without music gives me a headache"
Top 2 scripts: RegExp Find & Replace (e.v.) and Magic Nodes (e.v.) ZvezdanD's scripts site
Please take a moment to read the bottom of the linked page to support the one and only - ZvezdanD! (the "originator" since 2006).
MMW 4.1.31.1919; 5.0.4.2690 || back it up...frequently!
|| software for power users: "Q-Dir" (free alt. to explorer) and file/folder renamer: "ReNamer" (den4b)
"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"
Top 2 scripts: RegExp Find & Replace (e.v.) and Magic Nodes (e.v.) ZvezdanD's scripts site
Please take a moment to read the bottom of the linked page to support the one and only - ZvezdanD! (the "originator" since 2006).
MMW 4.1.31.1919; 5.0.4.2690 || back it up...frequently!
|| software for power users: "Q-Dir" (free alt. to explorer) and file/folder renamer: "ReNamer" (den4b)
"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"
Re: Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014
I didn't see any options during installation and couldn't find them in MM.dtsig wrote:Did you look in the folder you specified in the options?terrypin wrote:I've just installed Backup 6.0. When I close MM I consistently get an error message. I've shown it below, together with the contents of my four Scripts folders.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/401 ... -BU6-3.jpg
Presumably I should get a pop-up telling me the backup was successful?
I assume that no backup has been made, but where should I look for it?
Any ideas about the error message?
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
MM 5.0.2.2532 (Gold), i7 4.0 GHz running Win 10 Pro
MM 4.1.31.1919 (Gold)
MM 5.0.2.2532 (Gold), i7 4.0 GHz running Win 10 Pro
MM 4.1.31.1919 (Gold)
Re: Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014
Not sure I follow. Both references to the MM backup script were meant to be identical. It was v 3.8.MMFrLife wrote:Check out my last post in the other thread.
What little folder do you mean?
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
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Re: Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014
When you first mentioned the script and then said MM's script it threw me. I got it now, as that's what I figured you meant. I just wanted to maketerrypin wrote:Not sure I follow. Both references to the MM backup script were meant to be identical. It was v 3.8.
sure I was on the same page.
Forget the term "little" folder, I was thinking of something else (a little distracted) when I first wrote that (sorry ). This is what I meant to say:terrypin wrote:What little folder do you mean?
From what DakuTree was warning against, that you referenced above, did you ever run the script from an old backup folder, no right? It just seemed to back stuff up on it's own, not use the delete old backups feature. Nothing went missing in any MM script or backup folders, right? The things that kept disappearing were mostly in other locations, (like documents, etc.), right? So, in conclusion, I just figured that the script (old version) had something to do with the original problem, but not the specific thing that DakuTree is talking about.
Anyway, the question is what to do now? I'll let you know if I think of something else.
MM user since 2003 (lifetime lic. 2012) "Trying to imagine life without music gives me a headache"
Top 2 scripts: RegExp Find & Replace (e.v.) and Magic Nodes (e.v.) ZvezdanD's scripts site
Please take a moment to read the bottom of the linked page to support the one and only - ZvezdanD! (the "originator" since 2006).
MMW 4.1.31.1919; 5.0.4.2690 || back it up...frequently!
|| software for power users: "Q-Dir" (free alt. to explorer) and file/folder renamer: "ReNamer" (den4b)
"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"
Top 2 scripts: RegExp Find & Replace (e.v.) and Magic Nodes (e.v.) ZvezdanD's scripts site
Please take a moment to read the bottom of the linked page to support the one and only - ZvezdanD! (the "originator" since 2006).
MMW 4.1.31.1919; 5.0.4.2690 || back it up...frequently!
|| software for power users: "Q-Dir" (free alt. to explorer) and file/folder renamer: "ReNamer" (den4b)
"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"
Re: Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014
MMFrLife: Understood, no problems. I'm pretty relaxed now that I don't have another day of massive data recovery ahead!
I'm hoping the script's author, trixmoto, will come along and help me to isolate the cause, with future prevention in mind. Despite the fact that it was almost certainly because I'd placed one or more MM scripts in the wrong location (probably one of those three for Backup 3.8 or earlier), IMO no MM script should allow indiscriminate deletions, and certainly not on the root of the OS drive. As you'll recall from my earlier posts, I had no warnings and it was many hours later that I discovered the loss in C: and C:\Docs (alias for My Documents).
trixmoto: I'm no programmer or scripter but I'll happily help any forensic work under your direction.
I've stared at Backup.vbs, ABackup.vbs and ABackup2.vbs in my text editor looking for clues in vain. Note that all my old version scripts have now been deleted or copied to a folder I used while trying to sort out all the old and new VBS files (all with same names), K:\Copy of all MM Scripts.
Anyone: Where do I find the options dialog for Backup 6 please? I see nothing under Options or Extensions. I still don't know what output folder it's using, so that I can check if I have any backups. Also, how long should a backup of 7800 tracks take? I've just closed MM (to check that the error message still appears), but after 5 mins the HD activity (but low CPU resource) has still not finished.
10 mins now!What can it be doing? I'm nervous now, so I've used Task Mgr to end the WSC process. Files still intact.
I'm hoping the script's author, trixmoto, will come along and help me to isolate the cause, with future prevention in mind. Despite the fact that it was almost certainly because I'd placed one or more MM scripts in the wrong location (probably one of those three for Backup 3.8 or earlier), IMO no MM script should allow indiscriminate deletions, and certainly not on the root of the OS drive. As you'll recall from my earlier posts, I had no warnings and it was many hours later that I discovered the loss in C: and C:\Docs (alias for My Documents).
trixmoto: I'm no programmer or scripter but I'll happily help any forensic work under your direction.
I've stared at Backup.vbs, ABackup.vbs and ABackup2.vbs in my text editor looking for clues in vain. Note that all my old version scripts have now been deleted or copied to a folder I used while trying to sort out all the old and new VBS files (all with same names), K:\Copy of all MM Scripts.
Anyone: Where do I find the options dialog for Backup 6 please? I see nothing under Options or Extensions. I still don't know what output folder it's using, so that I can check if I have any backups. Also, how long should a backup of 7800 tracks take? I've just closed MM (to check that the error message still appears), but after 5 mins the HD activity (but low CPU resource) has still not finished.
10 mins now!What can it be doing? I'm nervous now, so I've used Task Mgr to end the WSC process. Files still intact.
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
MM 5.0.2.2532 (Gold), i7 4.0 GHz running Win 10 Pro
MM 4.1.31.1919 (Gold)
MM 5.0.2.2532 (Gold), i7 4.0 GHz running Win 10 Pro
MM 4.1.31.1919 (Gold)