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| 16501 | 2001-08-05 07:05:00 | I've used an Acorn computer in the past that allows you to protect yourself from accidentally overwriting files with older information. I have 2 computers at the moment - one is an older IBM Pentium which is connected to the internet (OS is Windows 95)My brand new computer is an Athlon running Windows ME,which is much faster at processing the information I fire at it for the running of our business. However there was a fault with the modem upon unpacking this computer and I can't access the internet with it at the moment.As I email files on a regular basis to out accountant, I'm having to transfer information (using a floppy for the transfers) between computers in order to access the internet for these emails. Sometimes there's so much going on, I'm not sure which computer has the most up to date information on it and it's a bit of a pain sifting through everything in order to identify each file's status. Surely there is an easy way to ensure I'm not going to accidentally overwrite new information with an older version? The Acorn used to warn you if you were going to make this mistake - can Windows offer the same protection? Is this what the Briefcase 'Update all Files ' function is all about? If so,does the program warn you in advance if the info in one file is older than the one you're about to update? Thanks in advance Lynne |
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| 16502 | 2001-08-05 09:54:00 | Windows should do the same as the acorn. When you try to overwrite a fiel it should prompt you with a dialog displaying the file sizes and dates, I don't know why it is not doing this for you. You should be able to network the two computers together if you can't move the modem over. I havn't tried it but you may be able to connect the computers with a serial cable and share the one internet connection. |
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| 16503 | 2001-08-05 10:18:00 | Hi b m You're absolutely correct when you say Windows shows the dates/file sizes etc. of individual files - but is there a way you can instruct Windows to follow instructions only when overwriting files of the same name with newer file versions, automatically? At the same time refusing to overwrite a new file with an older file version of the same name? (sorry if I'm not explaining myself clearly!)With the Acorn, I didn't have to check each file individually to see whether or not it was a newer version, the computer just checked it all for me automatically in the background and left files unchanged if I was unknowingly trying to overwrite a new one with older information. Cheers Lynne |
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