http://www.ritlabs.com New posts in TheBat is creating corrupted backup files of forum at www.ritlabs.com [www.ritlabs.com] en http://backend.userland.com/rss2 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:04:32 +0200 TheBat is creating corrupted backup files Restoring backups never works, and this is before I've lost any data in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.
there is no need to use the built-in backup tool.

Just zip or rar the entire mail folder, or desired parts of it, and you have a backup. This is simpler, faster, and far more reliable.
26 November 2009 23:04:32, bigg one.]]> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum4/topic8860/message30598/ http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum4/topic8860/message30598/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:04:32 +0200 The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client TheBat is creating corrupted backup files Restoring backups never works, and this is before I've lost any data in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.
Well, the process is at follows, but it'll take you a few hours:
In the source copy of the Bat,
1. Create a common folder
2. Turn off threaded view.  If threaded view is on, selecting "all" messages doesn't sel ect all, only the root level messages will be selected.
3. Copy all messages to the common folder.
4. Repeat for each folder you want to rescue.
5. Back up the new common folder.
6. Restore the common folder on the destination copy of the Bat
7. Empty destination folders on the target accounts.
8. Move messages fr om the restored common folders to the corresponding account folders.
25 November 2009 19:40:36, Higby Doug.]]> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum4/topic8860/message30578/ http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum4/topic8860/message30578/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:40:36 +0200 The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client TheBat is creating corrupted backup files Restoring backups never works, and this is before I've lost any data in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.
The facts:
Autobackup runs several times a week, giving me false assurance, because it turns out that the backups can never be restored.  The Bat! always says they are corrupted.

My Bat files are stored, encrypted on Drive M.  It turns out that my drive M -an SD card, is incredibly slow.  I did this because I thought it would speed the system up, but I was wrong.

Now I want to move my Bat files back to drive C.

My original files are still on C fr om 6 months ago and if I change two registry settings, I can go back to it:
EncryptedLayerMode - to switch between unencrypted/encrypted and Working Directory to tell TheBat! wh ere to find the files.

I can switch back and forth between the two installations without problems.  So I make backups from The Bat! on Drive M and try to restore them to TheBat! on drive C.  Only one of the accounts was able to be restored, for all the others, it says the backup is corrupted.  What I did:

-Ran all maintenance options on TheBat! from M before backing up.
-Split the backup files into tiny chunks: Only one or two folders at a time.

Hey, I've even backed up a folder and tried restoring it to the same Bat installation without even exiting the program, and it says the file is corrupt.

My assessment is that TheBat! is not round-tripping data. The restore function can't understand the notation in the backup function and it is calling the file corrupt.

So.  A request to fix the backups so they can be restored by TheBat.

And - How in the world do I get my data off of M and onto C:?  I don't want encryption on C or I would obviously just copy the file folders.
25 November 2009 17:55:12, Higby Doug.]]> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum4/topic8860/message30577/ http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum4/topic8860/message30577/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:55:12 +0200 The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client