I am using PAF 5 on my PC. First, I want to download the latest version to my PC. Then I want to download the latest PAF to my laptop and to a flash drive. Do I use the same file name on all, so that I can use back up and restore when I add material to one of them. I am so confused. Can someone give me baby steps as to how I should proceed. Ruth

Hi Ruth, I haven't seen any response to your query, so I'll offer some thoughts. Your question is a bit confusing because you indicate your want to download the latest PAF to your PC, laptop, and a flash drive, but you don't specify if you mean the program or the database. If you plan to install PAF 5 onto a flash drive, you should do it before you install PAF onto your laptop, because the PAF install program will not allow you to install on a flash drive if you have already installed it on the host machine. If this is confusing to you, let me know and I'll send you some detailed instructions. If you are actually talking about downloading your database, then I recommend that you use the same file name for all three of your copies of the database, and always have one of them your master. Whenever you make changes to any of the other two, restore that copy back to your master and the third copy. Never ever make unique changes to two different copies and then restore them to the third. That will nullify the changes to at least one of the copies. I would recommend getting a copy of PAF Insights so that you can compare your copies every once in awhile to make sure they are in synch. Richard Rands At 06:06 AM 10/11/2005, Ruth Filbert wrote: >I am using PAF 5 on my PC. First, I want to download the latest version to >my PC. Then I want to download the latest PAF to my laptop and to a flash >drive. Do I use the same file name on all, so that I can use back up and >restore when I add material to one of them. >I am so confused. Can someone give me baby steps as to how I should proceed. >Ruth > > >==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== >Replying to Posts >When quoting a post you're replying to, omit signatures and taglines that >are appended to the post.

Using multiple copies of a database is fraught with danger. I speak from experience as I have juggled laptops and multiple desktops. Even if you have synchronization software, you can get yourself caught making changes or additions to both and end up with a mess. This is more true of databases where the changes are made immediately. Windows used to have the briefcase for keeping multiple databases, but it was cumbersome and one of the first things I removed. I use a single database (.paf file) across a network. I have the PAF program installed on each machine for convenience, but the database is on the laptop hard drive. I use the laptop drive as I take the laptop to do research and make changes to the database on the road. I make frequent backups, both to cd and other drives. This way I only open the one database with the PAF program on whatever computer I happen to be on and no matter which machine I am on the changes will be available at all machines. PAF will not open a database that is already open, so if you leave it open it cannot be accessed on another computer. This works well for me, and I use the network in a similar way for many applications. Stu At 07:05 PM 10/10/2005, you wrote: >I am using PAF 5 on my PC. First, I want to download the latest version to >my PC. Then I want to download the latest PAF to my laptop and to a flash >drive. Do I use the same file name on all, so that I can use back up and >restore when I add material to one of them. >I am so confused. Can someone give me baby steps as to how I should proceed. >Ruth > > >==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== >Replying to Posts >When quoting a post you're replying to, omit signatures and taglines that >are appended to the post. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.14/129 - Release Date: 11/10/2005