Aloha LaVerne I have some Boehmke's in Iowa e-mail me parkj052@hawaii.rr.com Earl ----- Original Message ----- From: "LaVerne" <ltboehmke@sbcglobal.net> To: <AncestralQuest@yahoogroups.com>; <PAF-5-USERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 3:03 PM Subject: [PAF-5] "Read only" backups My principle software is a PAF5, but I also use AQ and update when available. Before I install the latest AQ update I wish to backup my current file as suggested. But I find that each backup I make is "read only". I have been checking my previous backups (both PAF5 and AQ) on my 4 flash drives. Unfortunately it seems that most of them have been "read only". My PAF file is saved periodically on my husband's computer by using a flash drive and the Restore button. I just checked it and was able to add information as is normal. The Help button has not answered my problem. How do I make sure that I back up a fully usable copy? Any ideas? LaVerne Researching BACHMANN, BOEHMKE, HEMMANN, HEINEMANN, LANDL, LINHARDT, OTTO, PIETSCHMANN, ROEHL, SEHLER, SIEVERS, TELLE, ZACHARIAE, ZEITLER ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1375 / Virus Database: 1500/3635 - Release Date: 05/13/11

LaVerne, Having backups that are "read-only" is not normally a problem. (It happens when you backup to a CDR, but not normally if you save it to re-writable media.) When you restore the backup to your hard disk, flash drive, or DropBox, the restored file should be a read-write file. So I am guessing that it is the restored data file that is read-only, preventing you from adding or editing data. In that case, close your PAF/AQ program and right-click on the data file's icon to bring up the file's Properties, and if there is a checkmark in the Read-only box, click in the box to remove the checkmark, then click OK. The data file should no longer be read-only. If you are using the same data file on your computer and your husband's computer, you might want to look at having DropBox installed on both computers and keeping your data file there. For me, it has been the solution to the problem of adding data at the FHC or archives without throwing my database at home into confusion. I love being able to update my PAF file from either computer, and from any location. I have had to train myself to close PAF and wait a minute when shutting off my computer for the night, to give DropBox a chance to save all of the latest changes. A 2 GB account is free from DropBox.com. You may never need to Restore another backup. DropBox will automatically keep your data file in sych across multiple computers and smart phones. Bill Buchanan On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Earl Park <parkj052@hawaii.rr.com> wrote: > Aloha LaVerne > I have some Boehmke's in Iowa e-mail me parkj052@hawaii.rr.com > Earl > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LaVerne" <ltboehmke@sbcglobal.net> > To: <AncestralQuest@yahoogroups.com>; <PAF-5-USERS@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 3:03 PM > Subject: [PAF-5] "Read only" backups > > > > > My principle software is a PAF5, but I also use AQ and update when > available. Before I install the latest AQ update I wish to backup my > current > file as suggested. But I find that each backup I make is "read only". > > I have been checking my previous backups (both PAF5 and AQ) on my 4 flash > drives. > Unfortunately it seems that most of them have been "read only". > > My PAF file is saved periodically on my husband's computer by using a flash > drive and the Restore button. I just checked it and was able to add > information as is normal. > > The Help button has not answered my problem. How do I make sure that I back > up a fully usable > copy? > > Any ideas? > > > LaVerne > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Buchanan" <genealogistbuchanan@gmail.com> To: <paf-5-users@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] "Read only" backups > LaVerne, > > Having backups that are "read-only" is not normally a problem. (It happens > when you backup to a CDR, but not normally if you save it to re-writable > media.) When you restore the backup to your hard disk, flash drive, or > DropBox, the restored file should be a read-write file. So I am guessing > that it is the restored data file that is read-only, preventing you from > adding or editing data. In that case, close your PAF/AQ program and > right-click on the data file's icon to bring up the file's Properties, and > if there is a checkmark in the Read-only box, click in the box to remove > the > checkmark, then click OK. The data file should no longer be read-only. > If you are using the same data file on your computer and your husband's > computer, you might want to look at having DropBox installed on both > computers and keeping your data file there. > > For me, it has been the solution to the problem of adding data at the FHC > or > archives without throwing my database at home into confusion. I love being > able to update my PAF file from either computer, and from any location. I > have had to train myself to close PAF and wait a minute when shutting off > my > computer for the night, to give DropBox a chance to save all of the latest > changes. A 2 GB account is free from DropBox.com. > You may never need to Restore another backup. DropBox will automatically > keep your data file in sych across multiple computers and smart phones. > > Bill Buchanan > > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Earl Park <parkj052@hawaii.rr.com> wrote: > >> Aloha LaVerne >> I have some Boehmke's in Iowa e-mail me parkj052@hawaii.rr.com >> Earl >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "LaVerne" <ltboehmke@sbcglobal.net> >> To: <AncestralQuest@yahoogroups.com>; <PAF-5-USERS@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 3:03 PM >> Subject: [PAF-5] "Read only" backups >> >> >> >> >> My principle software is a PAF5, but I also use AQ and update when >> available. Before I install the latest AQ update I wish to backup my >> current >> file as suggested. But I find that each backup I make is "read only". >> >> I have been checking my previous backups (both PAF5 and AQ) on my 4 flash >> drives. >> Unfortunately it seems that most of them have been "read only". >> >> My PAF file is saved periodically on my husband's computer by using a >> flash >> drive and the Restore button. I just checked it and was able to add >> information as is normal. >> >> The Help button has not answered my problem. How do I make sure that I >> back >> up a fully usable >> copy? >> >> Any ideas? >> >> >> LaVerne >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message