Curt,
My suggestion of the two NEW files, is so Liz could fall back to her current data right away, as soon as she finds out how much work it is going to be in cleaning up these two new files.
Yes, the backup copy is doing the same thing, but it must be recovered and it just may take more time. Also one MUST remember the time stamp, as the edit copy would still have the same file name and this can really mess things up.
My suggestion of the two NEW files, is so Liz could fall back to her current data right away, as soon as she finds out how much work it is going to be in cleaning up these two new files.
Yes, the backup copy is doing the same thing, but it must be recovered and it just may take more time. Also one MUST remember the time stamp, as the edit copy would still have the same file name and this can really mess things up.