Sherry, You may be unfamiliar with DVD-RAM. It looks like a DVD but appears like a slow, internal hard disk to Windows. In principle it can be formatted to pretty much any file system, but UDF is usual - for good reason. XP used FAT32 natively and UDF with second party software, Vista either natively. Think of it as kinda like a 4.7 GB, very fast floppy disk. Again in principle, a BIOS set to boot from a DVD-RAM in an internal modern CD/DVD R/W drive should be able to do so and run the operating system as well as an application like Legacy, but I don't know if UDF would be a problem for Windows booting. Also in principle, any Legacy program which could installed to be invoked from an internal hard drive other than the C: drive ought to work from a DVD-RAM, likewise the Family Files.
I use DVD-RAM for Family Files, for backup because of the reliability, for transfer and synchronization between machines, cross platform with media and other database, for convenience - no USB dongle sticking out or cables and lumps. My question was more directed to the possibility of including a working Legacy - invokable or bootable. kb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherry/Support" <she...@legacyfamilytree.com> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 11:55:58 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy run on Disk As I wrote before - Legacy must be installed on the computer and the Family Files need to be on either the hard drive or an external drive. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree Legacy User Group guidelines: 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
