I am with you, Moma! I have a 160 GB external drive and a flashdrive as well! I have never lost all my information, but have clicked on a few things by mistake, only to watch with horror as it deleted a few of my family lines. :( This will never happen again!! I am much less stressed using new methods with two other back-ups in place! :-D
Darlene [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- [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 > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > 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/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > 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 > >> > >> > _____________________________________________________________________ > >> > >> 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/ > >> > _____________________________________________________________________ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> 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 > >>>> > >>>> > _____________________________________________________________________ > >>>> > >>>> 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/ > >>>> > _____________________________________________________________________ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> 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 === message truncated === You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." ~ C.S. 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