Thank you Jay & Bob! That helps greatly. I can buy whatever I need, but
just wanted some assurance from others about what works for them. I
also spend a large percentage of my time using Legacy. I often take
small parts out of my big file, work on it separately, and then merge it
back in, using a set of steps I worked out to assure that the process
goes smoothly. Check/Repair is in the list of steps three times. :-)
Thanks for taking the time to respond. Bob, I especially liked the
details about what matters most. They are pretty much what I thought,
but with the trouble I've been having, I couldn't make up my mind about
what to buy. I'll probably be shopping tomorrow. Many thanks to you both!
Joseph Leavitt
On 9/29/2017 6:56 PM, Bob Austen wrote:
Hi Joseph,
I have a fairly large file of 468,000 names with an .fdb file of over 1.3 GB
with lots of notes. My Legacy is starting to run a little slower and I'm
sure that is because of the size of the file. The maximum file size is 2GB
and you need some overhead. I just did a check/repair, first after several
weeks. It took 5 minutes 30 seconds. A second check/repair took 3m 10s.
RAM is important for speed on a computer. I have 16GB. RAM is cheap -
don't skimp. The number of processors has very little bearing on how fast
the check/repair will perform particularly if you are just waiting for
Legacy to finish.
My computer is a 7 month old Asus with an Intel I7 CPU (with 8 processors)
and Windows 10 64 bit and 16GB RAM. I partial to Intel.
What to buy? My view... get a good (brand name) with lots of RAM. I like
Intel over AMD and would recommend an Intel I5 (better) or I7 (best) CPU.
Budget is a determining factor. I can spend 8+ hours a day on my computer
(mostly on Legacy) so I want a pretty good one. Mine is classed as a
'gaming' computer but that's mostly because of the high end (4GB) video card
and I don't play games! The video card won't make much difference when using
Legacy.
I'm now retired but have been an IT manager from before there were home
computers and still help out many with computer issues.
Hope this helps.
Bob Austen
-----Original Message-----
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of JV Leavitt
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2017 11:43 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair hangs on newer PCs
I have a very large Legacy file of about 187,000 names, loaded up with
lots of sources and notes, etc, etc. I use the latest Legacy v9 update
on a Core2Duo processor running Windows 10 Home 32 bit Operating System,
and 4 Gb memory, and a clock speed of 3.0 Ghz. My .fdb file is about
565Mb in size.
I can run Check/Repair very reliably on this (old) system, with the Op
System upgraded (downgraded really) from Win 7, but it takes about six
minutes to finish. I have seen it run on a computer that was in a
business environment, and it zipped through the whole thing in 3 minutes.
I truly need a new computer, but I don't know what to buy, because when
I run Check/Repair of my large db on any one of a number of computers
that are new, with all the fastest and best features, it runs miserably
slow, maybe finishing in 20 or 30 minutes, but most often hanging up
completely, and never finishing (or I just didn't wait longer than that).
Can anyone help me? Please, please. :-)
Joseph Leavitt
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