Those couple of sentences shouldn't hurt. Sent from my iPad
> On May 21, 2015, at 5:04 PM, Brian/Support <br...@legacyfamilytree.com> wrote: > > I do not feel that Legacy should, in its Help Topics, try to instruct > users on basic Windows or computer usage topics. Making a > backup/recovery plan for all your computer data, including Legacy files > is a general computer user topic. No one plan of retention will meet > everyone's needs. Our help files stress the importance of having and > making regular backups and I feel that is sufficient. > > Part of the backup and recovery planning process should consider all the > risks to your data and include a plan for immediate recovery after a > computer crash (most recent backup from each work session), longer term > recovery from historical copies of older backups if it is determined > that a previously unsuspected problem has resulted in corrupted data (an > import that created multiple duplicate records or an incorrect merge > which deleted someone who should have been retained and corrupted the > data on the retained person) and catastrophic recovery in the event of a > house fire or natural disaster that makes all locally held copies > unavailable by storing regular backups off site. > > Other considerations are where and on what media backups are stored. > Backups on a hard drive (or any media) which has failed are no longer > backups they are lost data or can only be recovered by expensive data > recovery services. Off site storage could be as simple as a copy on CD, > Memory stick or DVD in a safety deposit box or as complex as multiple > internet-based storage options like One Drive, Dropbox, Carbonite etc. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > br...@legacyfamilytree.com > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > >> On 21/05/2015 1:25 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: >> The answer all depends upon just how comfortable you feel with one, two, >> six, or any other number of these backup ZIP files. It seems a common number >> to keep is somewhere around the number 6. I would add that technically only >> one is really needed but you never know where a Legacy file might have >> become corrupt thus it’s possible that your only one backup could contain >> a corrupted family file. And your next question should be just how often one >> should backup. The answer should be every time you add data and then exit >> the program. If you are working in Legacy for several hours, it might be a >> good idea to create a backup every hour or so. >> >> I know this question and answer seems rudimentary for many users but the >> Legacy Help file fails to address this. Unless I’m missing something, I >> wish the Help file would make a very simple statement concerning keeping >> these ZIP files plus mention the fact that these extra backups can be >> deleted by using Windows Explorer. (Help 8-1257 : 31115) >> >> Brian in CA >> >> From: P. Rickert [mailto:irishcoppe...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 9:56 AM >> To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Backup files from Legacy Family Tree >> >> Hello, >> >> I am subscribed to this mailing list, but I have asked questions before and >> was told I could not post, and no one has told me why. >> >> Anyway my question is; Do I need to keep all the zip files that get backed >> up when I exit Legacy FT? >> >> Penny > > > > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
