Hi Diane (and David)
David's answer is basically the same as I do now. Before
December I only had my data and photos on the flash drive. When
we went to my daughter's house in Texas I took the flash
intending to do some work while there. Well, her computer had
version 4 of Legacy and a VERY slow dial-up internet connection
(19 kbs at best) so I could not download the new version of
Legacy. That means I did not get any work put on the flash drive
and had to do hard copies of everything and put it on when we got
home last week. That is when I got smart and downloaded the
program to my flash drive and installed it. Now I don't have to
worry if anyone's computer has the program or not - it is all on
the flash drive.
BTW, Some computers have the old USB ports (1.0 or 1.1). The
newer flash drives are USB 2 but they WILL work on the others -
they just will be slower. I would not get any flash drive
smaller than a 1G and that should last you through 15,000 +/-
people and a lot of photos.
Now that the flash drive is out of the way - you can also buy
an external drive that connects by USB. I have one that is 40G
and cost about $150 in 2005 (they are much cheaper now). The
drives are about the size of a CD holder. You could always use
this as the drive for ALL of your legacy program, data, photos
etc. and be able to take it anywhere with you. The only drawback
to this system is that you have a power cable and USB cable to
keep track of.
I use this drive (external) to back up ALL my data, photos,
music, recipes, etc, etc.; I backup new data to this drive at
least every two weeks. My husband has his own computer (we are
networked) and I also have his data backed up on this external
drive.
No matter which option you choose be sure that you have a
backup on a drive other than your "C" drive (besides the zip)
because one day you will loose a drive and usually it is the
drive used for all your programs.
Good luck with whatever you decide,
Myrna Jorgensen
in sunny, windy, cool, Mexico
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