Vicki, Rather depends on what you define as extraneous. I suggest th you leave well alone everything other than the .fdb and .zip files. You need to keep the .fdb which is your current data file and the last .zip. However, I would strongly recommend that you keep at least the last two .zips. Only yesterday a had a problem with family links in my .fdb file. I also found I had the same problem when I restored that last made .zip but was not there in the previous. How it happened I don't know and I had no need to find out.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ *New Tutorial* Publish your Web Pages - Blogs http://www.fergys.co.uk 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: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:27:53 -0800 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Backup procedures > To: [email protected] > > Thank you to you who wrote giving me advice on my backup problems. I wrote > the other day asking how I could create a new backup each week in case I need > to go back to a certain point in my data entry. > > > I think I am starting to understand now. I guess I was confused as to the > difference between a working family file (fdb) and the ZIP files. > > > One more question about backups... > > > Now that I am starting to understand the backup procedures and how to save > family files, is it ok if I go into the Legacy/Data folder and delete all of > the extraneous files I created? As long as I have my main family file open, > it will automatically save it? > > > Thanks so much. I am having a hard time changing my mindset from FTM to > Legacy and this group has been very helpful. > > > Vicki > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Imagine a life without walls. See the possibilities. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/122465943/direct/01/ *** Holiday discounts on Legacy 7.0, add-ons, books, and more. Visit http://tinyurl.com/65rpbt. *** Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
