Note Studio
FAQ
How do I restore my data from a backup?
Note: This answer refers to the backups Note Studio performs automatically (after prompting you first) each time it is shut down.
It does not refer to backups made by exporting the library to XML.
Locating the Backup
First - you need to find where your backup is being made to.
If you are using the standalone version, this is usually:
C:\Documents and Settings\{login name}\Application Data\notestudio\backup
If you are using the palm-enabled version, this is usually:
C:\Documents and Settings\{login name}\Application Data\notestudio\{palm username}\backup
If you want to find out the exact name, simply shut down Note Studio and do the backup. When the backup is complete, it will
report the location to which the backup was made.
In your backup directory, you will see a number of directories of the form:
YYYY-MM-DD
Each directory represents a date (YEAR-MONTH-DAY) on which a backup was made. Within each directory is a number of zip files.
There is one zip file per collection. This means you can restore any individual collection.
Restoring the Backup
1. The Collection is Already In Your Library
If the collection you want to restore is still in your Note Studio library, then you can determine its file location. To do
that:
- go to the library panel
- choose the 'Collection' menu, and select 'Edit Collection Sync Properties'.
- select the collection you are wanting to restore, and look at its location.
Once you identify its location, you can restore a backup by:
- going to that location and removing all of its contents
- unzipping the backup file into that location. Be sure to preserve Folder Names.
Ultimately, a collection should contain:
- file: 'Library.txt'
- file: 'LibraryStatus.txt'
- directory: 'locFileBookxxxx' for each book in that collection.
If you are still running Note Studio, you should then press 'Refresh'. Now the restored collection should be available.
2. The Collection is Not In Your Library
If the collection you want to restore is not in your Note Studio library, then you can restore it as follows:
- choose a location to unzip your collection backup. This should be an empty directory.
- unzip your collection backup to that location
- run Note Studio, and go to the Library View.
- select 'Collection', then 'Link to Collection'.
- enter a 'Name'
- usually make the Collection Type 'Personal'
- check the 'Sync to PDA' if you want the collection to sync to your Palm
- set the location, by browsing for the directory where you unzipped the collection.
- press OK.
- the collection should now show up in your library panel.
Sync With Your Palm (handheld-enabled version only)
After restoring a collection, your next sync with the Palm should be one-way (Desktop overwrites Handheld). Otherwise, because
you are restoring older data, your Palm will contain newer data and will try to overwrite the data you have just restored.