YSI BODAnalyst - Manual (Page 54)

Keeping Your Data Safe Section 9
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will be created and opened. You must setup your samples and groups just as you did with the
default database.
To open an existing database select File, Open and select the database. Click OK and the
database will be opened.
BOD Analyst software data files can be located anywhere (i.e. the local drive, network drive). In
a network environment, two workstations CAN have the same data file open. If two users open
the batch for 8/30/1999 at the same time, the user who leaves the batch last will overwrite
the changes the other user made.
9.4 BACKUP
Printing a Bench sheet every time you finish a run of initials or finals will insure that you will
always have at least the raw data from which you could do the calculations by hand. However, a
computer failure could also destroy your configuration information (your Samples with their
dilutions etc., and your Sample Groups). To guard against such a failure you should backup your
BOD Analyst software files at least every week. The following files should be backed up:
File Description
Data.Mdb Default database
\Reports Subdirectory where all spread report formats exist
Note: If you have created other databases you SHOULD backup those “.mdb” files also.
See the previous section for more information.
9.5 REPAIR
The BOD Analyst software database can become corrupt if the program is closed unexpectedly
because of a power outage or computer hardware problem. The Repair function rebuilds and
compacts (removes unused space) the database.
Select your datafile and click Repair.