Hi Russ, I thought that if you need to reload windows you loose everything on the same drive. In practice I only keep the zipped backups in my documents. My working files (Data and Multimedia) I keep on flash drive. For a matter of interest, I keep most other documents on Zip discs, flash or CD/DVD depending on what they are and how often I need to access or alter them.
Best wishes David -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R G Strong Genealogy Sent: 30 December 2006 02:55 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Name of Church - should be Restoring Zipped Files I thought I would let you know that keeping data files in the My Documents folder could be disasterous if your windows program becomes corrupted and you have to reload windows. If you ever have to reload windows then the My Documents folder will be overwritten or erased. I would suggest a safer approch would be to keep the data in a different folder other than My Documents. I only use the My Documents for temporary or working copies and save it to its own folder. Russ Strong ----- Original Message ----- From: "David S Brookes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 5:44 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Name of Church - should be Restoring Zipped Files Hi Marielle, I haven't actually lost any data, but have practiced it just in case it happens. Firstly download the Legacy programme from the website and install it. Then you need to copy the zipped data file (I call mine 'My Family') and multimedia zipped file to where you want to keep it on your computer. Many keep them in the Data file of the Legacy Programme folder, I keep mine in a folder called Family History in My Documents. When you have put the zipped files where you want them, unzip them by right clicking on each zipped file in turn and go to 'Extract all' in the menu and left click. The files should then unzip. They will produce folders with the same name as the zipped files but with out the zip picture going through the middle of the file. All your information should be in the 'unzipped' folders and ready to use. Next run the Legacy programme. A box will probably open asking you to load a data file. If you have put your zipped and unzipped folders in the Data file of the Legacy Programme folder you should see your unzipped folder, open it and you should see your family data file. Click on it and it should load. If you have put it elsewhere on your computer you will need to find the file by navigating to it in the oblong at the top of the box. When you run the Legacy programme, if the box asking you to load a data file does not appear, go to the file menu at the top and click on open family file to make the box appear. Your data file should the open, but without any of the multimedia files/ pictures. You need to get Legacy to find the paths for these. Go to Options<Customize. Click on the Locations tab and then 'Test all multimedia paths', Proceed. If the multimedia files cannot be found the use the 'find them yourself' option. You will then need to navigate to them yourself. If, however you have put all your multimedia in one file, if you find one, it will find all the others for you. I hope this makes some sense. See you get on. Don't worry - remember you have your backup data on the CD if anything should go wrong. Best of luck David S Brookes Polesworth N. Warks England -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marielle Stowe Sent: 29 December 2006 23:29 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Name of Church Has anyone ever lost all the data in their Legacy File i.e. I tried to download an update and I don't know what I did but now I have nothing in my Legacy file ---- I do have a CD back-up but since it is zipped I don't know how to open it. Sounds kind of silly I guess but right now I have a mental block about his and am not sure what to do. Marielle - Toronto *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! 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