So, if I start storing my pictures/documents that I attach to my Legacy file in one folder (your example of c:\Legacy\Pictures) that will give me the optimum ease of backup/restore capability. I don't have a whole lot of pics already stored in Legacy so I suppose I could go back through and redo those so that the paths are correct once I copy the pics & docs to this new folder.
Am I understanding this correctly? Thank you so much; this is very helpful. Kathy On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Ron Ferguson <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk>wrote: > Kathy, > > Basically what you say is correct, but it does depend on how you are > storing > the pictures. As you realise, Legacy's working files only store the paths > and not the images, whereas the multimedia backup stores the lot. Thus it > is > important that the paths to the pics are *exactly* the same on both > machines, usually this will only apply if you have them stored in a folder > on the C drive ie. C:\Legacy\Pictures\ rather than eg. My Documents\. > > However, even if the paths are different you will not have to reattach each > one, because once you have linked a pic with its place in Legacy then the > program will find all the other s in that folder, hence you only need to do > it once for each picture folder. > > Ron Ferguson > _____________________________________________________ > > *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth > http://www.fergys.co.uk > Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw > And the Fergusons of N.W. England > ____________________________________________________ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kathy Meyer > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Sent: 27 August 2010 21:17 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Save As vs Backup > > > Thanks, I figured that was the case; i.e., that you would have to restore > back to the original folders; however, I would probably not have those same > folders if my computer crashed or if I wanted to restore to my laptop. I > guess I need to be very strict with my organization for that to work. > Maybe > I should start storing my pictures that I use in Legacy in a separate > "legacy/photos & documents" file or something of the sort; just a copy and > then have the other stored in my other folders that are named for each > family group. Then if my computer crashed, I could copy that file from an > external backup first. So follow this and tell me if I'm following this > right: If my computer crashes or if I want to put my Legacy file on my > laptop, including multimedia this is how I do it. > > 1 - move all of the picture/document files to the computer in question > 2 - restore my Legacy data file > 3 - restore my Legacy multimedia via winzip (or similar) > > So when I restore the multimedia via winzip, do I need to do anything > further for my Legacy file to access the multimedia? > > I hope somebody has actually done this and it was successful :-) My > computer has crashed multiple times and I do keep backups; my concern is > whether my multimedia will ever be incorporated back into my file without > me > going through every single picture and adding it back in to each person in > the file. > > And of course, that was only part of my question; guess I should have > started two threads but I didn't realize til now that it was really > separate. Thanks for the help! > > Kathy > > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> > wrote: > > On 27/08/2010 20:41, Kathy Meyer wrote: > > I know I have backups and I can get the data back from a backup but > > the multimedia files have to be restored using winzip or similar and > > doesn't put the images back into the Legacy file. I'm wondering what > > use it is to even add pics & docs (multimedia) into the program if I > > can't back it up in a way that I can restore it to its original state. > > Not sure quite what you mean by "doesn't put the images back into the > Legacy file." > > The images never are "in" the Legacy file: Legacy stores the location > of the images so that it can find and open them. If you backup your > multimedia files and later restore them (using Winzip or whatever) TO > THE FOLDER WHERE THEY CAME FROM Legacy will have no trouble in locating > and showing them. > > If you are getting an error message that Legacy can't locate an image > you have restored it to a different folder and you need to either move > it (and probably all your other images) back to where it was originally > or else tell Legacy where the image(s) is/are now stored. If they are > in more than one folder, you just need to find one image in each folder > for Legacy then to locate everything. > > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp> > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > -- Kathy Meyer "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done." --Richard G. 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