Scubaroo
Contributor
I was recently whacked by an internet worm, and had to rebuild my laptop from scratch - in the process, forgot to make a backup of my Suunto *.sdl file, which contained all of the downloaded dive information from my last 60 odd dives. Was only able to retrieve the last 30 or so from my Vytec - lost all of the log information as well that I had added, like dive site, buddies, conditions, etc.
BACK UP your *.sdl file! Based on what I could retrieve (last 30 dives), you would want to make a backup at least every 30 dives or less. That was with 10 second sampling rates, and longer dives probably mean you can store less on your computer, so do it regularly. On a typical Windows installation, the file will be located in the C:\Program Files\SDM\Logbooks directory. With only 30 downloaded dives, mine is already over a meg in size, so you would want something larger than a floppy to back it up to - CD-RW or an external drive or something.
Still kicking myself.
BACK UP your *.sdl file! Based on what I could retrieve (last 30 dives), you would want to make a backup at least every 30 dives or less. That was with 10 second sampling rates, and longer dives probably mean you can store less on your computer, so do it regularly. On a typical Windows installation, the file will be located in the C:\Program Files\SDM\Logbooks directory. With only 30 downloaded dives, mine is already over a meg in size, so you would want something larger than a floppy to back it up to - CD-RW or an external drive or something.
Still kicking myself.