C.G. That is the best analogy I've ever seen or heard for explaining fragmentation!!
Keep up the good work!! Jennie --- "C.G. Ouimet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Legacy File Mainteance deals with the Legacy Files > content and structure. > Your operating system (XP in your case) doesn't deal > with content and > structure but rather location(s). > > When you first creaated your Legacy XP placed it in > the first available > space on the hard disk. When you, or XP, saved your > next file from any > application it also gets the next available space. > When you next add to your > Legacy file, XP will save the addition to the next > available space which > will be remote from the original file. To Legacy > it's all one file, XP > manages the pieces. More pieces means more work for > XP providing the data to > Legacy which means more time for Legacy and XP to > get the work done. > > So when XP says "quite fragmented" it means more > pieces. When you > de-fragnment your hard disk, XP collects all the > pieces of of a file and > puts them all together in a contiguous space. > > To use an analogy, if you outgrow your house you > either move to a larger one > or build an addition. Your operating system is just > as happy taking an extra > room across the street or across town. You end up > spending more time going > from room to room. When your operating system has > many extra rooms scattered > all around, it suggests attaching all these to the > main house to make it > more efficient to you (de-fragmenting). > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Judy > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 14:45 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Fragmented Files > > I have recently defragged my hard drive and 2 flash > drives, where I keep > backups of my main Legacy data file. The reports > (Microsoft XP) indicate > that my Legacy files are quite fragmented, even > though I routinely perform > all four steps of the file maintenance. I receive > no error reports working > with the main file, and do not understand which > portions may be fragmented. > > Can anyone enlighten this FTM>Legacy convert? I > lost almost a year's worth > of work due to unrecoverable FTW files, and I don't > want to have a repeat > with Legacy. > > Thank. > > Judy > > > > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy > 6.0 Deluxe has 92 > features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn > more about these features > at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. > > 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/[email protected]/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy > 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard > Edition. Learn more about these features at > http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. > > 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/[email protected]/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. 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/[email protected]/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
