Hi June, What a time you've been having. Your Winrar file is probably your Legacy Backup just with a Winrar icon because you have Winrar as the default to open zip files.
You might find it easier if in Windows Explorer you go to Folder Options and untick hide known file extensions. In Windows 8 the process is different. See the View Ribbon and tick File Extensions. Then you don't get confused by the icon Windows chooses to give your files though they're still there when they're helpful. To restore a Legacy backup - which is a zip file - you don't need to open a new Family File. You go in Legacy to File > Restore and find the zip file you want to restore. In the restore process you can give it a new family file name so that you don't override your current file. You don't restore a family file which has an .fdb extension (and a Legacy icon) - you open it. In Legacy - File - Open. If you are using Legacy 8, I suggest you move your family files from C:\Legacy\Data which was the Legacy 7.5 and earlier default location. Put them in ...Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Data Next time, when you find a link that is wrong, don't delete anybody. Unlink the wrong connection. There are good instructions both for restoring a backup and for what to do when you find you've wrongly connected someone in your file on the Tips page under the Help Center on the Legacy webpages. See Tips on Fixing Relationships Cathy > JUNE HARVEY <mailto:javaj...@shaw.ca> > Thursday, 9 October 2014 4:04 AM > Thanks very much, Sherry. It is now in C:\Legacy\Data, however, how do > I load it back into my family file? Have tried right-click, open with > Legacy Family Tree and nothing happens. Also, went to the old family > file and tried File>Restore. Again, nothing. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sherry/Support" <she...@legacyfamilytree.com> > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 12:15:57 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Can't believe I deleted whole family > > > > Since you didn't create the backup by going to File > Backup File, > you'll need to extract it with WinRar - make sure it extracts to the > Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Data folder (assuming you have v8) > > > If you have v7.5 or earlier, the restore will go to c:\Legacy\Data > > > Delete the empty file you created - open it and go to File > Delete File. > > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 11:23 AM, JUNE HARVEY < javaj...@shaw.ca > wrote: > > > I entered a lot of data yesterday and found an error this morning > linking a child to the grandparents instead of the mother. Panic took > over and I think I deleted the mother. All my work and a whole family > is gone. > > After a long think, decided that I would open a new family file and > upload yesterday's backup to it. The backup is compressed in WinRar > and I have fiddled around with it, but failed to load it. > > I have created a new family file (empty) with a new name, but cannot > get yesterday's backup into it. Have tried, but WinRar keeps popping > up. Would someone please help me - I am desperate. > > June > > > > 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 > > > > 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 > > 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
