Brian,
This is exactly what Bert has already suggested. The feature is really almost there already. But for some reason it is only set-up to save to off-site, the user can not direct it anywhere to any number of drives. What I want to be able to do is do the same thing two or three time just as I do with QuickBooks now. Because as we all know one should make redundant back-ups and I make one for here and one that goes home at night, every night.
QB's has this one down pat. Jon and his crew should just look at QB's 2007 or what have you and see how they have it set up. The thing even remembers your regular back-up so like I don't even have to type a darn thing anymore, I just click my way thru a few yes's and confirm that it is all still the same. And I do this twice over because I use the same type of drive for both copies, so it just saves to the same folder that I have set-up on both drives like: E/VMQB Regular Backup 07. And yes just as you suggested it addes to the name of the back-up that day's date and perhaps even the time too. It's simply wonderful and just about idiot proof which I like when Nancy and I are getting bleery eyed from being here all day and half the night.
Any of you who have a fairly recent copy of QB's know what I'm talking about. It is so simple once you set it up once, BAM, I'm backed-up in just the format that QB's likes best. If my computer died tomorrow, I could simply install a new copy of the program on a new computer or drive, restore the last back-up from a restore utility and be back up and running in no time. I know I have had to do it, and it has always worked beautifully. "Aaaahhhh there's my company, glad that's over with." Something as important as these charts should be saved in such a fashion as the designer of the program deems best and those tools, both the save and the restore should be right at our finger tips, just like QB's...Just in case. Anyway, still got one more day to get out. Have a great night and weekend everyone....
Paul
