Database Maintenance
How do I see what is in my backup file?
On the Journal menu, find the Maintenance sub-menu, and choose Restore from Backup. Your last backup archive will be automatically opened.
Each Journal Volume will be listed, and if there are multiple backups per Journal Volume, the date of each backup will be also be listed.
If you want to see what's in a particular backup, it's recommended that you create a new, temporary Journal Volume. And then do the restore into the new Journal Volume.
How do I restore from a backup?
- Click on the Journal menu, find the Maintenance sub-menu, and choose Restore From Backup.
- Click on the ... button and find your backup (*.JBK) file.
- When you select the backup file, the Restore form will list the Journal Volumes in that backup.
- Select the Journal Volume to restore from the list.
- If that Journal Volume does not exist in The Journal, you will need to click on Create Volume to create an empty Journal Volume to restore into.
NOTE: If you are restoring a backup, but do not want to overwrite everything in your current Journal Volume, make sure you create a new Journal Volume to restore into (example: Home2). Then you can use the export/import function to retrieve specific categories and/or entries.
- Click on Restore.
- Select the Journal Volume you wish to restore into.
NOTE: Everything that is in that Journal Volume *will* be overwritten by the information in the backup. So select the Journal Volume *very* carefully.
How do I install The Journal on a USB/Flash Drive?
The Journal 4 can be installed and run on USB/flash drives. This provides a simple way for you to have The Journal available to you on just about any computer with Windows and a USB connector.
Here's how:
1. Install The Journal to the USB drive. You will need to override the default installation path. Type in the path or browse to the folder on the USB drive that you want to use.
2. During the install, after you've typed in the path to the USB drive, you will next need to check the option:
- "I am installing The Journal on a USB/Flash drive."
And *UN*-check these options:
- "Create Start Menu icons"
- "Create a desktop icon"
- "Create a Quick Launch icon"
- "Have The Journal start with Windows."
3. After the install completes, double-click on Journal4.exe on the USB drive to run The Journal.
4. The first time you run The Journal on the USB drive, in the New User
Wizard, check these options:
- "I have just installed (or re-installed) The Journal."
- "I am running The Journal on a USB/Flash drive."
5. The default path is ".\The Journal Volumes". You can change the default path, but make sure that the path you enter uses the relative path format. If you're not sure what that means...just accept the defaults. =)
And that's it, really. If you want to transfer an existing Journal Volume onto the USB drive, use The Journal's backup and restore feature. Do the backup from the install of The Journal that you had before (the one on your computer's main hard drive), and then do the restore from The Journal on the USB drive.
How do I force The Journal to repair its databases?
The Journal includes a built-in repair function. You can force The Journal to repair its databases the next time you run it by doing this:
1. Click on the Windows "Start" menu, and choose "All Programs".
2. Find the "DavidRM Software" program group, and open "The Journal 4".
3. Click on "The Journal 4 (repair utiliy)".
That will run The Journal and force all of your Journal Volumes to be repaired (and optimized).
