backup and restore MBR

Partition Table backup

Perform the following command to backup the partition table:

sfdisk -d /dev/hdx > /part/to/pt_info.sfdisk

Partition Table restore

Perform the following command to restore the partition table:

sfdisk -d /dev/hdx < /part/to/pt_info.sfdisk

MBR backup

Perform the following command to backup the MBR:

dd if=/dev/hdx of=/path/to/image count=1 bs=512

MBR restore

Perform the following command to restore the MBR:

dd if=/path/to/image of=/dev/hdx count=1 bs=446

Notice that you need to include the option "count=1 bs=446", otherwise your partition table will be overwritten.

ACT!2009 Backup

ACT!2009 Backup

Do you backup your ACT!2009 DB regularly? If not, you should configure automatic backup.
Use ACT Scheduler to schedule automatic backup. Refer to this link on how to set it up.

I really suggest to store the backup in different place then where the ACT!2009 data is located. You might face some problems if you put in the default backup folder. Refer to this link for more information about this.

If somehow you decided to store the backup in other computer/server that needed login validation, you need to configure the ACT Scheduler Service to use proper login account. Click here to see how to do it.