Thanks Cathy - I would have probably forgot to do a Check/Repair and it's nice to get a "Thumbs Up".
On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 5:18 PM Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jim, > > If you are taking the opportunity of upgrading from Legacy 7.5 to Legacy > 9 as you switch computer and you haven't been linking media, that's a > great plan. > > Restoring a backup is the easiest way to change to a new computer as > well as the easiest way to upgrade from 7.5 to Legacy 9. As part of the > restore process you'll get a message about needing to do a file > conversion so Legacy 9 can read the file. That's nothing to stress about. > > However it would be best to do a File Maintenance - Check/Repair of your > file on your old computer first. > Make one backup, do the Check/Repair and then make a new backup to use > on the new computer. > > Cathy > > > DimJim <mailto:dimji...@gmail.com> > > Wednesday, 9 October 2019 11:53 PM > > Been a long time since I needed to change computers, so want to > > confirm my "plan". > > On the old computer with Legacy 7.5, I will do a Back Up of my > > current data file, to a Thumb drive, renaming the Back Up. "New Family > > File (date)". > > On the new computer, I will install Legacy 9. Open it and select > > Restore Family File, then navigate to my Thumb drive and select the > > "New Family File (date)". > > I have not been linking multi media files to my current family file on > > Legacy 7.5, so should not need to worry about those files needing to > > be moved. > > Is this the right way to do it? > > Anything else? > > TIA, Jim > > > > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >
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