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Can I save to hard drive AND my flash drive at the same time?

  1. #1
    Gizelle
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    Can I save to hard drive AND my flash drive at the same time?

    I will be at our County Fair this week, and doing some serious data entry
    into excel to keep track of all the Agriculture and Show animals. Is there a
    way to save to my hard drive as well as my flash drive at the same time? I
    am trying to avoid double the work and wait time. Being at a County Fair, we
    can be out in the elements somewhat, and in the event of an unforseen
    disaster, I need to protect the information I have entered throughout the day.

    If I can save time and effort by just saving once to both the hard drive and
    the flash drive (or cd), it would be really nice.

    Thanks!
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  2. #2
    tim m
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    RE: Can I save to hard drive AND my flash drive at the same time?

    You could record a macro and when recording manually save to the hd and then
    save to the flash drive. Then just run the macro each time you want to save
    and it should save to both.

    "Gizelle" wrote:

    > I will be at our County Fair this week, and doing some serious data entry
    > into excel to keep track of all the Agriculture and Show animals. Is there a
    > way to save to my hard drive as well as my flash drive at the same time? I
    > am trying to avoid double the work and wait time. Being at a County Fair, we
    > can be out in the elements somewhat, and in the event of an unforseen
    > disaster, I need to protect the information I have entered throughout the day.
    >
    > If I can save time and effort by just saving once to both the hard drive and
    > the flash drive (or cd), it would be really nice.
    >
    > Thanks!
    > --
    >


  3. #3
    Gizelle
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    RE: Can I save to hard drive AND my flash drive at the same time?

    Thanks Tim, but I was trying to avoid doing a macro (haven't done in so long
    I'm not sure how to do it for this). If you have time to give me some
    pointers, I'd appreciate it. Thanks again.
    --



    "tim m" wrote:

    > You could record a macro and when recording manually save to the hd and then
    > save to the flash drive. Then just run the macro each time you want to save
    > and it should save to both.
    >
    > "Gizelle" wrote:
    >
    > > I will be at our County Fair this week, and doing some serious data entry
    > > into excel to keep track of all the Agriculture and Show animals. Is there a
    > > way to save to my hard drive as well as my flash drive at the same time? I
    > > am trying to avoid double the work and wait time. Being at a County Fair, we
    > > can be out in the elements somewhat, and in the event of an unforseen
    > > disaster, I need to protect the information I have entered throughout the day.
    > >
    > > If I can save time and effort by just saving once to both the hard drive and
    > > the flash drive (or cd), it would be really nice.
    > >
    > > Thanks!
    > > --
    > >


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    Gord Dibben
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    Re: Can I save to hard drive AND my flash drive at the same time?

    Gizelle

    Sub BUandSave2()
    'Saves the current file to a backup folder and the default folder
    'Note that any backup is overwritten
    Application.DisplayAlerts = False
    ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs FileName:="C:\Gordstuff\" & _
    ActiveWorkbook.Name
    ActiveWorkbook.Save
    Application.DisplayAlerts = True
    End Sub

    Adjust the C:\Gordsuff path.

    If not familiar with VBA and macros, see David McRitchie's site for more on
    "getting started".

    http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

    In the meantime..........

    First...create a backup copy of your original workbook.

    To create a General Module, hit ALT + F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor.

    Hit CRTL + R to open Project Explorer.

    Find your workbook/project and select it.

    Right-click and Insert>Module. Paste the code in there. Save the
    workbook and hit ALT + Q to return to your workbook.

    Run the macro by going to Tool>Macro>Macros.

    You can also assign this macro to a button or a shortcut key combo or stick it
    in a BeforeSave event in Thisworkbook.

    Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean)
    Application.DisplayAlerts = False
    ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs FileName:="C:\Gordstuff\" & _
    ActiveWorkbook.Name
    ActiveWorkbook.Save
    Application.DisplayAlerts = True
    End Sub



    Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

    On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:35:02 -0700, Gizelle <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    >Thanks Tim, but I was trying to avoid doing a macro (haven't done in so long
    >I'm not sure how to do it for this). If you have time to give me some
    >pointers, I'd appreciate it. Thanks again.


    Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

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