Hi Tish,
For the long term I keep my first backup for the month - so every now
and then I go into the backup folder and delete others.
I would never rely on one or two backups and only recent backups for
data that takes so long to enter and is so complex that you may not
return to a particular family and notice you've made an error for
months. I like to have the possibility of pulling out a backup from
months ago to retrieve data that I may accidently have deleted.
Recently I used backups from 1999 and 2002 to retrieve added dates
for individuals and marriages as I now know more about Access tables
and was still being driven mad because I lost them once and then lost
more in Sept 2002 (a date etched into my memory as when looking to
see when someone was added so many read Sept 2002) If to get rid of
an error you are required to export to a new family file you lose
all your added dates. Not vital information but good to have.
Cathy
At 02:29 PM 21/02/2008, you wrote:
I am asking a new backup question. When leaving Legacy, I do
backups nearly every time.
Can I delete all but the last two or three? It is showing a lot of
backups for the same family. I always put the date and the file
name. It would be nice if this were possible to get rid of some of
the accumulation.
Thanks very much.
Tish
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