My C:\ drive is a comparatively small solid state disk. I have two other disks, D:\ and E:\
On the C:\ drive I have the OS, plus (among other stuff) C:\Legacy. Into this, I put the absolute minimum I can get away with, but I do use C:\Legacy\Backup for my database backups. C:\Legacy does not contain ANY of my data. On my D:\ drive, I have a D:\Genealogy folder which contains all my genealogy data. I have a D:\Genealogy\Data folder which contains my main database, plus anything else which comes under the generic "data" heading - downloaded Gedcoms, other FDB files etc. - but does not contain any images, videos or other multimedia. I have replicated the Legacy multimedia structure under D:\Genealogy and have added a folder D:\Genealogy\Marriages. This contains all multimedia files relating specifically to people, organised by MRIN, so I have a lot of folders named D:\Genealogy\Marriages\Mxxxx Hisname and hername M0123 Joe Robert Bloggs and Mary Anne Smith Anything which doesn't belong to a specific person or couple or family goes under the D:\Genealogy multimedia structure. I can foresee no problems with this. I cannot imagine ever having a computer with just one disk but if I do, I'll simply move the D:\Genealogy to C:\Genealogy and use LTools to rename the D: bit to C: I did this once to separate all the MRIN folders out of Data\ to the, then new, Marriages\ and it took LTools all of 10 seconds to change Genealogy\Data to Genealogy\Marriages If you have multiple hard drives, I recommend splitting your data away from your programs. Make sure that you back up your data onto a different drive from the original. I just hope that, one day, the developers will see fit to make Legacy just like every other Windows program and stick it in Program Files where it belongs - but I'm not holding my breath. Cheers Tony 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
