How to backup your Inventory

To back up to a floppy disc put the disk in the A: drive (but see later). Click File then Backup Data on the top menu bar. A dialogue box opens. Click the dropdown arrow in Select a Drive to see a list of drives. Select the A: drive and then click Backup. You will get a message confirming that the backup was successful. Remove the disc.
To backup to your hard disc, click File then Backup Data on the top menu bar. A dialogue box opens. Click the dropdown arrow in Select a Drive to see a list of drives. Select the c: drive. The first time you run the program it opens up the path to the C:\Program Files\MyHomeInventory\Backups directory. Click Backup to save it to this directory or choose another location. You will get a message confirming that the backup was successful. Remove the disc. If you save to a different location then by clicking Save Path the Backup procedure will always open up to this location.
As a matter of good practice we recommend that you always backup to the hard disc (usually C:\). If you want to take a copy on removable media (floppy, CD or Zip drive for example) for off-site storage, then copy from the hard disc to a removable disc using Windows Explorer or equivalent. This is because it is much more reliable copying to a hard disk than to a floppy disc. Just note down where the file is backed up to and what it is called when you backup to the hard drive.
Files are automatically named with their date and time of creation.