How to use?

[Wol]

Chuck: I have been using FEBE and it worked well to transport my FF data across to a new Windows 7 netbook, so I have installed TEBE on my TB installations on that and my main computer.

However, I cannot find any instructions like there are for FEBE - I don't want to import my backup file incorrectly! Any links, please?

[cbaker_admin]

TEBE is quite similar to FEBE and works much the same way. If you are already comfortable using FEBE, then TEBE should be easy for you to use. In fact, I make mention of this at the top of the . If you have any specific questions, however, please feel to ask here.

[Wol]

Thanks Chuck (I did reply many weeks ago but it somehow didn't get posted!)

I had to re-install Windows seven last week (don't ask...) and couln't get my head around the automatic restoring the FF and TB profiles, so I did them both manually and this worked very smoothly - easier in fact than doing it via the menus.

There *is* one thing: if I set either to only keep say five backups, neither will do any further saving of profiles when the five are reached, until I manually delete the oldest one. Is this just me?

[cbaker_admin]

No, when the Maximum backup directories to keep is reached, the oldest should automatically be deleted, leaving (in this case) only the five most recent backups. Is this not happening to you?

[Wol]

[cbaker_admin]

Are you getting any FEBE related errors in the error console (Tools > Error Console)? You may also want try the extension for error checking. It is more comprehensive.

Also try running "Clear FEBE preferences" and "Verify extension directory" in Tools > FEBE > FEBE Options > Misc.

If you are still experiencing problems, try this: Open and clear the Error console. Leave it open and perform a backup. After a few seconds (when the progress meter starts moving again) examine the error console for any error messages. Copy/paste them here.

[Wol]

[Wol]

PS to my last post: It does seem that both TB and FF will backup quite normally IF a manual update is performed. I have just done that with both, and have reset the options to allow a large number of backups to be "kept": I will reset the automatic backup options to the near future and see what transpires.

[Wol]

PPS to the last post: I reset the scheduling to occur shortly afterwards, and both FF and TB backed up correctly - no errors. (Backups set to keep a large number)

From this I suggest there's a bug in both, concerning the number of backups to be kept: setting this number to either zero or the number actually *in* the directory causes TEBE and FEBE to skip scheduled backups.

I am going to keep both set to a large number, and every so often delete some of the oldest ones, as a work-around.

Cheers.

[Wol]

I have only just read of your medical problem, Chuck: I trust that you are recovering well and will be back to normal very shortly. Not a pleasant experience.

PPPS - Further to my last post, even stranger!

Both FEBE and TEBE behave the same. I thought (as above) that I had it worked out but no.

Regardless of the max no. of backups set in the options, and regardless of the number of backups already in the appropriate directories, *manual* backups work just fine. However, scheduled backups do *not* happen at all - except for the very first one after the schedule time is set, and after restarting FF or TB.

In other words, if I have a scheduled backup nothing happens at the backup time. If I go into the options and reset a time, then restart the program, the backup occurs on that time. But subsequent backups don't happen, unless I do another reschedule/restart.

Baffles me!