Some people forget to make backups, as they should often do. I have at least 2 disks, and a Flash drive, that I use to make backups on, each time rotating between them. But my question, in case any body has an answer is: When you create a backup (call it one) and then backup over top (call it two), does anyone know if the backup number one is still intact but hidden? And therefore can be opened using some method. I know this is common in some programs, where the program automatically creates another backup that is overwritten later. Word Perfect and CorelDraw, does it if instructed to doso. Maybe this is something the PAF Insight creators, can consider in its next revison? Ross GH Cotton, Burlington ON CAN 905)639-2929 Genealogy of the COTTON surname is my Enigma. I haven't sent an attachment if the details are not mentioned above. Check out my Genealogy Web Page at www.skylinc.net/~rgcotton GOONS member responsible for tracking the family name COTTON, #1437 Coordinator for Cotton DNA testing Project, Worldwide

Ross G. H. Cotton wrote: > Some people forget to make backups, as they should often do. > > I have at least 2 disks, and a Flash drive, that I use to make backups on, each time rotating between them. But my question, in case any body has an answer is: > > When you create a backup (call it one) and then backup over top (call it two), does anyone know if the backup number one is still intact but hidden? And therefore can be opened using some method. If you're asking about whether something can be totally destroyed by writing over it that way -- no. It cannot. There are a lot of data-recovery companies putting biscuits on the table by proving it, too. If you just want to keep old backups around a while, rename 'em... I'm up to 5currentj these days. Cheryl