Elm Software Forums: Global Note: Backing up the database

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   Overview
All Elm Software products store information in a database.
The database resides on your computer and is represented by one file.
Our database file extenstion is '.elmdata'.

Default database locations

iDo Wedding Couple Edition
C:\Elm Software\iDo\Database\ido.elmdata

iDo Wedding and Event Professional Edition

C:\Elm Software\iDoWPE\Database\idowpe.elmdata

PrintJobs
C:\Elm Software\PrintJobs\Database\printjobs.elmdata

PasswordDock
C:\Elm Software\PasswordDock\Database\pwd.elmdata

Recommendation
We recommend that you backup your database(s) on a weekly or monthly basis (or more frequent if you wish) just for safety's sake.  Backing up the database applies to all of our products.

Backup Devices
1) Thumb Drive:  The best backup devices are a thumb drive/memory stick/USB drive.
2) Online email account: If you have an online email account (Yahoo!, GMail, Hotmail, etc.) you can email the database file to yourself.
3) CD-R: Burning to CD-R is an option but our databases are usually about 1 MB to 2 MB...a CD-R is 650 MB+...so it might not be the best use of your CD.

Below is a graphic of our products' default destination folders on your hard-drive.
Note: It is possible that during the installation a different folder destination was chosen.

Hope this information is helpful.
Please contact us if you have any questions.
support@elmsoftware.com
p. 888-356-7638

Edited by John - 24 December 2007 at 1:35pm

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John Admin Group President Joined: 05 March 2007 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 429	Topic: Global Note: Backing up the database Posted: 22 June 2007 at 2:50pm
	Overview All Elm Software products store information in a database. The database resides on your computer and is represented by one file. Our database file extenstion is '.elmdata'. Default database locations iDo Wedding Couple Edition C:\Elm Software\iDo\Database\ido.elmdata iDo Wedding and Event Professional Edition C:\Elm Software\iDoWPE\Database\idowpe.elmdata PrintJobs C:\Elm Software\PrintJobs\Database\printjobs.elmdata PasswordDock C:\Elm Software\PasswordDock\Database\pwd.elmdata Recommendation We recommend that you backup your database(s) on a weekly or monthly basis (or more frequent if you wish) just for safety's sake. Backing up the database applies to all of our products. Backup Devices 1) Thumb Drive: The best backup devices are a thumb drive/memory stick/USB drive. 2) Online email account: If you have an online email account (Yahoo!, GMail, Hotmail, etc.) you can email the database file to yourself. 3) CD-R: Burning to CD-R is an option but our databases are usually about 1 MB to 2 MB...a CD-R is 650 MB+...so it might not be the best use of your CD. Below is a graphic of our products' default destination folders on your hard-drive. Note: It is possible that during the installation a different folder destination was chosen. Hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if you have any questions. support@elmsoftware.com p. 888-356-7638 Edited by John - 24 December 2007 at 1:35pm
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