Recover Accidentally Deleted Automation File?

[elofan0]

Done it myself deleted file instead of line that I had working perfect sadly back to drawing board maybe need a protection on .. it dont help if you working on file when tired .. I backup all now

[ShaunWhite]

massive disk packs that cost £500 and held 80Mb

And THAT's is why IT guys made a killing in 1999, that extra byte to store the century on dates was just too expensive back in the 80s. Seems crazy now but it was such common practice it just shows how expensive storage was back then.

[DrJAT]

3 copies for me, one on GDrive (as the client backs up immediately on any change), one locally and one to my same site NAS (each night).

Hi again Sniffer, how are you achieving this? Can you get Bet Angel to export all bafs automatically? I'm doing it through the GUI and it's a pain in the ass, especially as the default location it opens is several clicks away from where I want them stored. So it's a bit of a faff to export each one individually. Any way to back them up in bulk and/or at least change the default export location to something other than the documents folder?

[ShaunWhite]

3 copies for me, one on GDrive (as the client backs up immediately on any change), one locally and one to my same site NAS (each night).

Hi again Sniffer, how are you achieving this? Can you get Bet Angel to export all bafs automatically? I'm doing it through the GUI and it's a pain in the ass, especially as the default location it opens is several clicks away from where I want them stored. So it's a bit of a faff to export each one individually. Any way to back them up in bulk and/or at least change the default export location to something other than the documents folder?

Use Windows Explorer to find them and copy them to wherever you want en masse. (I just found this -> https://uis.georgetown.edu/file-explorer/# which seems a useful guide to get you started but obvioulsy there 100s of others.)

They're probably in here ...C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Bet Angel\Bet Angel Professional\Automation

[Derek27]

Done it myself deleted file instead of line that I had working perfect sadly back to drawing board maybe need a protection on .. it dont help if you working on file when tired .. I backup all now

I think deleted the first rules file I created when I thought that red X deletes a rule.

[Derek27]

3 copies for me, one on GDrive (as the client backs up immediately on any change), one locally and one to my same site NAS (each night).

Hi again Sniffer, how are you achieving this? Can you get Bet Angel to export all bafs automatically? I'm doing it through the GUI and it's a pain in the ass, especially as the default location it opens is several clicks away from where I want them stored. So it's a bit of a faff to export each one individually. Any way to back them up in bulk and/or at least change the default export location to something other than the documents folder?

Use backup software such as IDrive, Google Drive, etc. It allows you to select folders to back up to an internet server. You can back them up at the end of the day or have it automatically backed up in real-time whenever you edit your files.

When I install software I always move the place where it stores files by default to a separate volume so everything I need to back up falls inside a single folder.

[sniffer66]

3 copies for me, one on GDrive (as the client backs up immediately on any change), one locally and one to my same site NAS (each night).

Hi again Sniffer, how are you achieving this? Can you get Bet Angel to export all bafs automatically? I'm doing it through the GUI and it's a pain in the ass, especially as the default location it opens is several clicks away from where I want them stored. So it's a bit of a faff to export each one individually. Any way to back them up in bulk and/or at least change the default export location to something other than the documents folder?

Hi John

I just use a command line script to xcopy the files to the location I want. I have 2 internal disks, so from one to the other, then I do a net use to connect to the NAS and also copy there. Save as a *.bat file and use Windows Scheduler to run it each night.

I recommend the Google Drive Client as well as it will backup immediately to the cloud on any change in any nominated folder
I'm a bugger for editing an existing file and not saving it as a new version so the above makes sure I have a backup no less than a few hours old

[elofan0]

Its some comfort knowing even the greats make this same error ..... maybe the delete button needs to be RED lol
not funny when you have created something that you dont want to lose .. Back up Back up the master files even if you are going to alter one rule to see how it affects the performance .. then if isnt right you still got the original file

[DrJAT]

I think deleted the first rules file I created when I thought that red X deletes a rule.

This is exactly the mistake I made, and hence why this thread exists
Thanks for your advice,!
JT

[DrJAT]

I just use a command line script to xcopy the files to the location I want. Save as a *.bat file and use Windows Scheduler to run it each night.
I recommend the Google Drive Client as well as it will backup immediately to the cloud on any change in any nominated folder.

Nice. I've got this setup now. I've got a batch file backing up my Automation folder every night at 4:30, and then Google Drive syncing continuously. Should be good
Thanks as always,
JT