I do the same. My DATA is ONLY on the USB drive. It works like a charm. I never get data out of sync as both the desktop and the laptop use the SAME data file (I have the Legacy PROGRAM installed on both the desktop and the laptop.
I have the backup message set to remind me EVERY time I exit Legacy, and backup to BOTH the laptop and the desktop, depending upon which machine I am currently using. This way, I have copies of my databases in THREE places; the USB drive, the desktop drive, and the laptop drive. On 4/14/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I also use a flash drive, and back-up to the hard drive. > > It's a lot easier to carry from home to the local FHC, and between computers > at home. > > Carol > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen > Ballard > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 1:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] confusing myself w/ 2 machines > > Legacy can't run from the flash drives. I have my DATABASE (*.FDB and all > associated files) on the flash drive. > > I backup to my desktop computer's hard drive. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas > Cirillo > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 12:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] confusing myself w/ 2 machines > > Glen, > I understood that Legacy made a data file on the run so to speak as data are > entered. The "Backup" feature creates a compressed file for outside storage. > Do I understand you that you have the entire Legacy program on the USB drive > or backup to the drive and restore on the other computer? > Hope I make some sense. > Nick Cirillo > > --- Glen Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Steve & Julie, > > > > I use my USB Flash drive as my DATA drive and do all my work from it. > > My Legacy Database is located on the USB Flash drive and ONLY on my > > USB Flash drive. I do regular backups of my USB drive to my desktop > > computer's hard drive. > > > > This has been discussed in past emails on this list. > > You can go back to the > > archives and search for how I setup my directory structure to make it > > easier. > > > > I keep my images (as small thumbnail type .jpg's) on my USB Flash > > drive as well. I have all my data with me when I go to the FHC or a > > family member's house. > > > > With my method, there is NO jockeying of files from one machine to the > > other. > > > > Current space used by my database & images is 217 MB. I do keep much > > more on my USB Flash drive, so I do have a 2GB drive. > > > > Glen Ballard > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------- > > P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy > > program can be downloaded FREE at > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=3AV63La > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------- > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Steve Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 8:44 PM > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] confusing myself w/ 2 machines > > > > > > On 13 Apr 2006 at 22:16, J. Michutka wrote: > > > > > I recently got a 3rd-hand laptop (college > > daughter's cast-off when she > > > upgraded) in addition to my desktop computer. I > > put Legacy on the laptop > > > (it's also on my desktop at home) so that I can > > take it along when I'm > > doing > > > research. Transferred copies of my files, etc, > > everything went ok. My > > plan > > > was that every time I made an addition/change to > > one copy of a Legacy > > family > > > file, I'd back it up and transfer it to the other > > machine. > > > > > > OK, you can guess, I didn't......I made different > > changes to my favorite > > > family file on each machine, without first > > updating/backing up. Musta > > been > > > brain-dead when I did that! How do I get this > > file to be identical on > > both > > > machines again, each having the changes I made in > > the other copy? > > > > Decide which one you made the most changes on, and > > keep that. > > > > Print out the changes you made in the other copy, > > and then enter them into > > the first one. > > > > I do what you do. > > > > I hopy my Legacy datafiles from my laptop to my > > desktop and back again, > > usian > > a USB flash drive, sometimes twice a day, and > > occasionally I've forgotten to > > do so, or the files didn't copy properly, and I've > > entered it in the wrong > > one. And then I've had to retype the information, > > though in some cases I was > > able to copy/paste via a third program (like > > Treepad). > > > > -- > > Steve Hayes > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Web: > > http://www.geocities.com/hayesstw/stevesig.htm > > Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 > > > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska > > or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family > > History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. > > Enter online at > > http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable > > archives at: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > > For online technical support, please visit > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip > to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. > Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip > to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. > Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip > to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. > Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. 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