At least we have covered the options! Over to you, Joyce :-)
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced 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/ _____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ > From: chap...@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:42:03 -0700 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > Ron: > Given the way Joyce described her photo file structure, I assume with her 400 > or so pictures that she would have maybe 10 pictures per family and thus a > total of about 40 directories that she must replicate on the new machine. The > same is true for backups - 40 subdirectories. My 2nd approach, which Legacy > uses, means you can backup and move from one machine to another by just > coping one directory: c:\Legacy\. > > > > Bottom line, if you like to copy lots of individual directories, go for it. > I prefer the Simple approach. > ___ > Leon Chapman > chap...@gmail.com > ----- > > > > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:57 AM, Leon Chapman> wrote: > > > Ron: > > You are correct and that is one way she can do it - by recreating the same > folder / sub folder / file structure on both machines. A copy from machine A > to machine B will do that. A new install of Legacy on the new machine will be > required. Any user settings will be back to the initial set that Legacy has > defined, so one may want to copy all of the *.usr files from A to B machine > after Legacy has benn installed. The family database must also be copied from > machine A to B. Normally, this file should also reside at the same location > on both machines - Legacy by default likes to use: > > > > c:\Legacy\Data\ as the default location for the database. > > Since Joyce has chosen to create a new structure/location for her photos, she > may very well have her family database in a unique location also???? Wherever > it is located, she will probably want to copy that file to the same location > on both machines. > > > > > The 2nd option that I proposed was to simplify the picture file structure by > coping all the photo files into a single sub-directory. Legacy by default > uses: C:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the picture sub-directory. > > > > > The standard Legacy default locations has advantages when it comes to backing > up your files and databases - it is much simpler, just copy the entire Legacy > subfolder and you get all your necessary files. Some people have their > database and pictures located under c:\My Documents\ so they can backup the > folder c:\My Documents\ and get all of the major files. > > > > > Bottom line, you can place your database, photos, etc wherever you want. The > easiest way is to replicate everything from Machine A to Machine B, but then > you have the backup problems mentioned above. > > > > > > > ___ > Leon Chapman > chap...@gmail.com > ----- > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:47 PM, ronald ferguson> wrote: > > > > > > Leon, > > > > I am not sure what you are suggesting here. Joyce has all her pictures in > folders in the C Drive, or in their sub folders. This is fine and will work > without problem on any machine or o/s. > > > > If I was Joyce I would just copy the lot, as they stand, across to the C > Drive of the second machine and Legacy will know where they are. > > > > If Joyce does as you suggest then she will have to tell Legacy where they are. > > > > > > Ron Ferguson > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced > > 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/ > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > >> From: chap...@gmail.com > >> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:30:11 -0700 > >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos > >> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > >> > >> Sure it is possible. > >> You just have to recreate all of your photo folders, subfolders, etc exactly >> like you have on your 1st machine and copy all of the photos to exactly the >> same place on the new machine. > >> > >> I would not recommend doing that. Legacy really wants all of its pictures in >> one subfolder - they use: c:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the default location. You >> can change that location to somewhere else on your computer, but it will >> still only be one folder/location which in your case will not work. > > > > >> > >> > >> > >> I would suggest you continue to use your filing system for your master >> pictures, but to copy all of the pictures into one subfolder and point to >> the single subfolder within Legacy. > >> > >> This probably won't be the last time you have to transfer between computers, >> so you may want to bite the bullet and place all the pictures in one folder. >> It is so much easier to backup and transfer that way. > > > > >> > >> > >> ___ > >> Leon Chapman > >> chap...@gmail.com > >> ----- > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Joyce C. Wicks> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hi All, > >> > >> > >> > >> I started what I thought was a good system for filing photos that are put >> into Legacy. I listed them in surname order and then by first name. For >> example: > >> > >> > >> > >> C:\joyce_surnames\atchley\thomas. > >> > >> > >> > >> This was good when I only had a few photos, but now I have over 400 photos >> with a LONG list of surnames, a file and subfiles under each one. > >> > >> > >> > >> I want to be able to move my Legacy files and multi-media between my desktop >> and laptop and so that the photos will show up in each. Is that possible >> with so many different locations? > >> > >> > >> > >> Would appreciate your assistance. > >> > >> > >> > >> Joyce _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Messenger: Happy 10-Year Anniversary—get free winks and emoticons. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/157562755/direct/01/ 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
