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DPC/TRACK
Users Manual
9-8
Rebuilding Indexes
There may be occasions where certain files have been corrupted, such as if a
power failure were to occur while adding records. You may notice that after
starting up DPC/TRACK again, a given search routine doesn’t find the records it
found prior to the power failure. In such cases, you may be able to fix the problem
yourself by simply rebuilding the index files.
To rebuild your index files, do the following:
1. Select the System Setup button on the Main Menu.
2. Select the Rebuild Indexes button.
3. Select the OK button.
4. Select the Main Menu button to return to the Main Menu.
Unless you have several thousand records, this process typically takes no more
than a few minutes, if not seconds. As indexes are rebuilt, you will see a status bar
indicating the relative progress of each database being processed.
Backing Up your Data
DPC/TRACK' s built-in backup utility creates a single compressed file with the
name of your choice (such as MYDATA.ZIP) in the directory of your choice.
To back up your database files, do the following:
1. Select the System Setup button on the Main Menu.
2. Select the Backup Database button.
3. Specify the directory and file name of your choice. The initial default setting is
C:\DPCDATA.ZIP. The specified directory must already exist. DPC/TRACK
records the specified directory and file name within the DPCTRACK.INI file
as the BackupPath variable. See Appendix A, “The DPCTRACK.INI File”.
4. Select the OK button to continue.
You may want to keep a copy of your backups off-site for further protection.
If you ever need to restore your data, you may want to create a new directory in
which to restore your backup. Run the RESTORE.EXE program from the File
menu within the Program Manager.
Note
You must exit DPC/TRACK before running RESTORE.EXE.
If you do restore your data into a different directory, be sure to modify the LccPath
variable within the DPCTRACK.INI file as appropriate. You may want to keep a
copy of your backups off-site for further protection.