Backing up to external drives need not take much time at all (minutes or
seconds) if you have some backup software to assist you. Syncback is
easy to use and has a good free version.
http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html#freeware
JL
http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Elizabeth:
I store on both . . . it takes toooo long but, my external 500
GIGABITE can be taken in case of a FIRE, and we are in a high fire
area. I take my flashdrive from my laptop to my bigger office
computer all the time. OVERKILL, but I've been burned and reformated,
lost stuff, etc. too many times. Good luck. But I do read and save
all Ron's stuff . . . he's good, and seems to know a lot . . . and so
does Cathy. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In a message dated 2/17/2008 2:08:10 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Elizabeth,
There's no need to buy an external hard drive just for storing
back-ups, although it would be very useful for other things as
well. I just copy my back-up to a Flash Drive. It works fine.
Ron Ferguson
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> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:31:06 +0000
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] re: Sudden Shutdown
>
>
> Thanks for the tips both to you and Cathy.
>
> I think I should re-schedule the scan to occur one night a week
and then
> leave it switched on - it reverts to stand-by pretty quickly
anyway. I
> do find sometimes that it gets 'tired' as it were and I then have to
> switch off and reboot in any case. And, no, I don't turn it off
several
> times a day, once it is on, it's on till bedtime.
>
> Now to buy an external spare hard disk as I think I need that to
backup
> properly, as Cathy suggested.
>
> Elizabeth
>
> ronald ferguson wrote:
>> I'm afraid it's not very environmentally friendly, but yes, my
PC is on 24/7. I do, however, have to switch it off for a brief
period every 3 or 4 days as it seems to accumulate background
rubbish which I need to get rid off.
>>
>> Incidentally, although it would seem you don't do it, it is not
a good idea to switch it on and off several times a day but better
to leave it running.
>>
>>
>> Ron Ferguson
>>
>>
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>>
>> For Genealogy, Software and Social visit:
>> http://www.fergys.co.uk
>> New Blog: Open Legacy Family File with Open Office
>> View the Grimshaw Family Tree at:
>> http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/
>> For The Fergusons of N.W. England See:
>> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:35:49 +0000
>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
>>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] re: Sudden Shutdown
>>>
>>> I see you run your virus scanner overnight - presumably that
means you
>>> have to leave the power on? I have been in the habit of
switching off
>>> at the wall when we go to bed.
>>>
>>> I think I only have Legacy 6 installed which is where the shortcut
>>> points to but I do see I should check that - thanks.
>>>
>>> ronald ferguson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Elizabeth,
>>>>
>>>> I run my virus scanner overnight since I am rather low on
memory for all the applications I tend to have running during the
day, and to do the scan at the same time really slows down my
computer. In the worst instance it may also cause crashing if the
memory runs out. It could be that you lost your files due to
shortage of memory, although this is speculation on my part.
>>>>
>>>> Unless you have a specific reason for running two versions of
Legacy it is far better to only have one installed, partly for
memory considerations but also to avoid confusion as to which one
you are actually running and which back-ups are which - I know
that they will be in different directories but it is still easily
done.
>>>>
>>>> I am sure Cathy does mean backing up the .usr files to CD,
flash drive or whatever other means of back-up you may use. I also
do the same btw.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ron Ferguson
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> For Genealogy, Software and Social visit:
>>>> http://www.fergys.co.uk
>>>> New Blog: Open Legacy Family File with Open Office
>>>> View the Grimshaw Family Tree at:
>>>> http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/
>>>> For The Fergusons of N.W. England See:
>>>> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:03:44 +0000
>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] re: Sudden Shutdown
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks - I think that McAfee deleted my .usr files as I
could find .usr
>>>>> files in C:\Legacy and C:\Program Files\Legacy too. I tried
using
>>>>> older ones, but it had lost data so I then opened Legacy
with the 2006
>>>>> .usr files restored and then opened my most recent backup
and now it all
>>>>> looks fine. McAfee 'says' it only deleted cookies and the
missing
>>>>> .usr files were not in quarantine.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, as I have copies of Legacy (Deluxe) in both
C:\Legacy and in
>>>>> C:\Program Files\Legacy, what is the best way of dealing
with that,
>>>>> please? Should I move all of one set to the other place, or
delete one
>>>>> set? I am using Windows XP not Vista. I get regular updates from
>>>>> Legacy and am using Version 6.0.0.179 - they presumably all
go in the
>>>>> same place.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your comment about backing up the .usr files, do you mean
storing them
>>>>> on the CD when I backup Legacy and the Multimedia files? I
have never
>>>>> done that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Elizabeth
>>>>>
>>>>> Cathy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Elizabeth,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This doesn't normally happen with any form of scan on a
computer but
>>>>>> every now and again one of the AntiMalware softwares get false
>>>>>> positives and it sounds like whatever was scanning took
exception to
>>>>>> something in the Legacy files.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Closing Legacy by right clicking on it when it's minimised
to the Task
>>>>>> Bar is no problem. I do it all the time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It sounds like you've lost all your .usr files and they've all
>>>>>> reverted to the defaults.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The fonts etc that you are referring to aren't held within
the .fdb
>>>>>> file. That only has your data so going to a backup of your
Family File
>>>>>> won't return the fonts etc.
>>>>>> You have to re choose your options in Options> Customise and
>>>>>> everywhere else - unless you can see that whatever was
scanning has
>>>>>> quarantined the files somewhere and you can release them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Another possibility is that you've got two installations of
Legacy on
>>>>>> your computer and you've opened a different one. If you
installed
>>>>>> Legacy into Program Files, take a look to see whether you
also have a
>>>>>> C:\Legacy folder. That's the default location but many of
us install
>>>>>> to Program Files - though I understand things are different
with
>>>>>> Vista. If you are using Vista and you installed to the
Program Files
>>>>>> folder, then I think the .usr files etc get put in some
virtual store
>>>>>> or something? Sorry. I don't have Vista but know that
programs aren't
>>>>>> allowed to write to the Program folders after installation.
There's
>>>>>> information on the Legacy web pages on how to properly
install Legacy
>>>>>> to run under Vista.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you a Deluxe user? Have you also lost access to the Deluxe
>>>>>> features? If so, you'll need to re-enter your Customer
Number as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For another occasion: I include the .usr files in my
regular computer
>>>>>> backup so that I can restore them if/when necessary.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Cathy
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At 07:55 AM 16/02/2008, you wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Earlier today when my computer was doing a regular scan Legacy
>>>>>>> suddenly stopped responding and shut down. I wasn't using the
>>>>>>> program at the time and had tried to close it by
right-clicking the
>>>>>>> icon on the bar at the bottom of my computer screen. I
re-started
>>>>>>> the computer and tried to open Legacy again. It asked me
which file
>>>>>>> to open and found the Master.fdb file that I use but when
it opened,
>>>>>>> all the fonts had changed to the default and other minor
things were
>>>>>>> different. I then closed that and opened up one of my
backup copies
>>>>>>> but the file still looks different.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am normally elsewhere on a Friday morning which is why
the routine
>>>>>>> scan takes place then but today I was at my computer.
Should I have
>>>>>>> stopped the scan working while I was using the computer?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can anyone explain why this happened and should I do
anything to stop
>>>>>>> it happening again?
>>>>>>> Elizabeth
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I forgot to add that when I open Legacy since it shut
down, I get the
>>>>>>> Welcome to Legacy 6 tips window and then the offer to
Order a Legacy
>>>>>>> Manual. My information appears to be fine but why has this
happened,
>>>>>>> please?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Elizabeth
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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