peteb1951
05-26-2005, 02:58 PM
I'm not sure if this is a general file format query or a a Psiwin issue - so sorry if this is the wrong forum.
After having my netBook stolen (watch out for a cheap 64MB Netbook in the South Yorkshire area) I was able to replace it through eBay - thanks Costas!
Unfortunately I've not been able to retrieve the backup which I thought would make this only a temporary inconvenience. Some of the files come over OK, but a lot seem to have been corrupted or not properly recorded when I backed them up (using Psiwin 2.3.3 on a Windows 2000 machine to store the backups on the network server). On trying to access them on the netBook I get "Unexpected end of file" from most, or "Corrupt" from programs. With contacts I get "Resource file problem". Looking at them on the PC it does seem as though the files have something missing at the end.
So can anyone help with:
1) How do I resurrect a damaged contacts file (I presume it is the contacts.cdb file) - its the only one which is causing me real difficulty, everything else I can find somewhere, but its going to take ages to sort out?
2) How did this happen, and how can I prevent it in the future?
I'll certainly be checking the backups more thoroughly in the future. I think I was lulled into a false sense of security by the ease with which I restored a 5mx which had to repaired after being zapped when we were struck by lightning.
Pete
After having my netBook stolen (watch out for a cheap 64MB Netbook in the South Yorkshire area) I was able to replace it through eBay - thanks Costas!
Unfortunately I've not been able to retrieve the backup which I thought would make this only a temporary inconvenience. Some of the files come over OK, but a lot seem to have been corrupted or not properly recorded when I backed them up (using Psiwin 2.3.3 on a Windows 2000 machine to store the backups on the network server). On trying to access them on the netBook I get "Unexpected end of file" from most, or "Corrupt" from programs. With contacts I get "Resource file problem". Looking at them on the PC it does seem as though the files have something missing at the end.
So can anyone help with:
1) How do I resurrect a damaged contacts file (I presume it is the contacts.cdb file) - its the only one which is causing me real difficulty, everything else I can find somewhere, but its going to take ages to sort out?
2) How did this happen, and how can I prevent it in the future?
I'll certainly be checking the backups more thoroughly in the future. I think I was lulled into a false sense of security by the ease with which I restored a 5mx which had to repaired after being zapped when we were struck by lightning.
Pete