Creating .bak when .sv$ are created

[Steve Dave]

I am running Autocad 2002 working for a small engineering firm. Two days ago our server crashed and we are having trouble pulling the backup off the tape drive.

Fortunately, I have my computer set to do an autosave every 5 minutes to my hard drive. I understand that the autosaves have the extension .sv$ and are deleted when the file is saved normally, or autocad is shut down, but I also have a .bak of every file I've worked on in the same location where the .sv$ are saved which is an enormous help to me since I can go pull up a backup of any drawing I've worked on.

My co-workers computers are not set up the same, although the settings from Tools-> Options appear to be identical. On their computer, only .sv$ are created in the specified back up folder which are deleted when the drawing is saved to the server.

We have create automatic back up checked, and it creates a .bak on the server whenever we save, but I want it to also create one on their hard drive like it does on mine so we have something to work from when the server goes down.

Does anyone know what I need to change on their computers so .bak will be created in the same folder with the .sv$?

Thanks for any help and sorry to be so long winded, just wanted to be clear about everything.

SD

[LSA]

You can set the autosave directory to any folder you want. Autocad defaults this directory. To view the autocad default - see Options>File>Autosave location.

To answer your question, having an .sv$ file saved to a corresponding job folder is not allowed thru the current settings. A script may do the job.

If you find a way to do this...please share. :D

[Steve Dave]

Actually, I have already set that location to a folder on my hard drive and the .sv$ save there, and my computer creates .bak in the same folder, but I can't get the other computers in the office to do the same thing.

It is really nice because I have .bak on the server with the .dwg file and also on my hard drive so I was able to use the ones on my hard drive when our server crashed.

edit* the other computers in the office do create the .sv$ in the specified folder, but not the .bak. I basically want Autocad to creat .bak files in a directory I specify so that they are still available should the server with the .dwg files go down.