Hopped in the way back machine today

Got an email from a long-time customer who had stopped updating their system with version 7.0 and were still running the Pervasive database.  She’s the only user and when her machine froze she had to delete the activity.btr file to clear her user.  Unfortunately in a momentary lapse she deleted the entire system directory.  This also coincided with her server having not had a successful backup for a few weeks.  We gave the tapes she had a try but it appears the drive is having issues, so restoring wasn’t an option.  Luckily she did still have her version 7.0 cds so I was able to reinstall Dynamics 7.0, create her user and companies and then copy the data directories in to the new install.  Made for a fun challenge to start the day, and hopefully this will provide some motivation to update her old hardware and software to a more recent vintage.