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Date:	Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:47:36 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: C:\ question

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In <200210151605.AMX64557@100m.mpr200-1.esr.lvcm.net>, on 10/15/02
at 08:06 AM, said:

>Logged in the c:\ drive, there is a listing of files of which many are
>config files. For instance CONFIG.000, config.078, config.bad,
>config.cdw, etc.

>Several of the config files, config.773, config.078, config.682,
>config.cdw and setuprsj.cmd, are related to the install and problems I
>had with rsj cd rw program. Would it be harmful to delete these files?
>Would it be harmful to leave them alone? I will eventually try
>installing rsj again. Would these files cause any kind of snafu?

The are backups created by the various install programs. If you
understood what you were looking at, you could probably use one of the to
restore your system to the state it was in just before you attempted to
install RSJ. The files should cause no problems, but if you are not
goting to attempt to restore, they are essentially useless so why not
delete them. The choice is yours.

>I read in the Getting to Know OS/2 Warp 4 book about getting system up
>after meltdown. I have turned on the archive mechanism at bootup and
>there should be 3 sys.config files available if something drastic happens

Now that you have 3 backups, turn the archive mechanism off until you need
to make a new backup. If you leave the archive mechanism on and you have
a problem, you might overwrite the good backups before you realize you
need them.

The best way to make use of the archive mechanism is:

- turn it on just before installing a new application
- make a backup
- turn it off
- install the application
- verify that the install went OK
- turn on the archive mechanism
- make a backup
- turn off the archive mechanism

This is cumbersome and requires several reboots and explains why many of
us use alternative desktop backup tools.

This is overkill for applications that make few or no changes to the
Desktop. For these, just saving a copy of config.sys is sufficient. Of
course, you need the experience to know when this is the case.

It's also a good idea to make a backup every couple of weeks or so or
whenever you make significant changes to the desktop.

Steven

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