And if you keep overwriting the same file when you do a backup of a tree file that has just become corrupted you will have - Nothing!
I also keep the backups as filename and date . zip and don't delete them (but as I am getting slower now at adding new data I only do a backup every 2-3 days. When the list of backups gets very large I copy the older ones to another disk and usually weed them out a bit keeping at least one per month. If that list gets large I then weed out the "archive of backups" a bit - keeping say one per quarter, or for very old backups, one per year. Even then there is still a risk that there is data I haven't looked at for several years that has been messed up in some way and by spring cleaning the backups I've lost the critical point in time. I would advise keeping as much as you can. If space is an issue then keep the last 2-3 and then one per month of the older ones back for a year or two and then yearly before that. Disk space is much cheaper than the fine you get for uttering naughty words when you lose your data. Jack -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JLB Sent: 21 February 2008 06:01 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Backups Are you creating a new zip folder every time with a different name? You could just overwrite the same one instead of creating a folder full of them. JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html Tish 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 > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.8/1289 - Release Date: 2/20/2008 10:26 AM > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.8/1288 - Release Date: 19/02/2008 20:47 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.9/1290 - Release Date: 20/02/2008 20:45 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
