Hello,
My advice would be NOT to store them under the My Documents folder but in a
different folder on the harddrive especially if you don't do regular backups
of the My Documents folder. I have all my genealogy files and programs under
C:\Roots\ and then subfolders depending on what they are such as for
documents: C:\Roots\Census, Maps, Land records, GED, FTW. For Legacy my
directory looks like this: C:\Roots\Legacy\Data. For pictures of family I
have a C:\Roots\Picture\SURNAME subfolders. I only use the My documents
folder for documents that I am currently working on or reviewing. Once they
are finished I copy them to the folder where they should go.
Now for the reason why I suggest not to store anything that is important
under My documents is that the Username/My Documents folder is a part of the
windows OS environment. I recently had a problem with my Windows OS becoming
corrupted and had to reinstall windows. When you reinstall windows the My
Documents folder gets written over and recreated thus wiping anything you
had there. Even if you tell the install to keep the directory structure. If
your username was password protected you will not be able to access those
files even though they are still there. I was lucky in that most of my
genealogy stuff was in a separate folder outside of the My Documents folder
and was able to access them but had to reinstall the programs that were
needed. I did have some genealogy documents in My Documents and was never
able to access them including stuff in My pictures and My videos. File
manager saw the files but when I tried to access them I was given an error
message of "Access denied"
Russ Strong
----- Original Message -----
From: "winmcl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Photo Directories
?Hi Cathy:
Some time ago you answered my letter concerning a glitch I have in
my
Legacy database, and sent me much good advice including advice about the
placement of data and pictures on a Windows XP computer. You said you
place
your data files including Legacy data in My Documents, and your pictures
in
C:\My Pictures, and your Legacy pictures in C:\My Pictures\\Legacy
Pictures.
I understand the picture placement, but have questions about the
Data.
I took a class in Windows XP after I bought my new computer. The
instructor advised us to put data files in c:\Documents and
Settings\Winifred\My Documents\Legacy Data instead of straight into My
Documents. That seems like a long handle to me.Then data files are found
in
3 places, all in My Documents, when using "Explore." Is that how you do
it,
and if so, why and if not, how? This method confuses me since there are no
other users on my computer, but me!
If you can clarify this for me, your advice will be much
appreciated. Your method sounds good to me and I would like to know more
about it.
Thank you and best wishes
Winifred
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