Recovery from Failure

In case of computer hardware failure, or other accidents, it is wise to have made backup copies of certain key files on your computer.

The Solar Fire program can normally be reloaded from its original installation media should you ever experience a major problem. If your original CD has become corrupt or unusable for any other reason, then you can get a replacement copy by contacting you astrological software dealer, usually at a nominal cost.

However, to avoid losing any data files that you may have created or saved during the course of your usage of the Solar Fire program, (which therefore cannot be reloaded from the installation diskettes), you should create your own backup of the user data files associated with the program.

Alternatively, Solar Fire has a built-in utility that helps you backup just your chart files, or all your user files (see Backing Up and Restoring Chart Files).

Whichever method you use, you should always backup all the files that are in the Solar Fire User Files folder in the Documents or MyDocuments folder, including all its subfolders.

If you are accessing chart files from any location other than Solar Fire User Files folder, then you should also back them up. If you backup these files, and keep your original installation media, then you can recover from a disaster as follows...

1.Re-install Solar Fire using the installation media

2.Restore the backup files to the Solar Fire User Files folder under the Documents or MyDocuments folder (see Solar Fire Files and Folders for details of user file locations for different versions of Windows). This must be done manually.

It is recommended that you perform backups on a regular basis, or at least after those occasions when you have created large numbers of new charts or maps etc.

To aid in manually copying files see Windows Explorer.