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How to restore a particular file from a backup

Scenario: A member of the Club Data staff has told you to restore a particular file from your last backup.

  1. Critically important: restore individual files ONLY after contacting Club Data first. Serious harm can come to your system's integrity if you ignore this warning.
  2. Get to the Club Office Main Menu.
  3. Click Utilities, Monitor. View which other employees are on the system. You should never restore a file if any user is currently using Club Office.
  4. Be sure to tell all users to exit the system before you proceed.
  5. Close the Monitor, and exit Club Office yourself.
  6. Get to a MS-DOS prompt. Typically you can accomplish this by Start - Programs - MS-DOS prompt. You should then receive either a black dos "box" or a full screen that's black. You will also likely see a c:\windows prompt and a blinking cursor.
  7. Get to your main Club Office directory. If you're a single user, it's likely on your C:\ drive and you'd type the following: cd \cdco (and press ENTER). If you're using a network drive such as drive P: you'd type the following two commands instead: p: (and press ENTER) followed by cd \cdco (and press ENTER).
  8. Insert the LAST diskette of your most recent backup into the floppy drive. This could be diskette #2, #3, #4 or greater depending on the amount of historical data in your system. (In rare cases and if your backup requires only one diskette, this would be diskette #1).
  9. Type the following: pkunzip a:\cdcoback <filename> where <filename> is the name of the file the Club Data tech support representative has said to restore.
  10. The program may run for a few moments and may periodically tell you to to insert a different diskette into the disk drive. Follow the directions on the screen. When the pkunzip module finds the file in the backup set of diskettes, you'll likely get a message requesting whether you want to overwrite the existing file. Answer Y for YES.
  11. When done, you'll return to the DOS prompt.
  12. Type EXIT and press ENTER to return to your Windows desktop.

Note: Club Office also uses pkzip25.exe as well as pkzip and pkunzip to manage the backup system. If you prefer, you may use the following command in place of step 9 above:

pkzip25 -extract a:\cdcobkup <filename>

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