Re: [LegacyUG] OverWriting
ronald ferguson wrote: Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:23:52 +0100 From: david.macdiar...@snp.org To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] OverWriting Patti Wyble wrote: It sounds like you overwrote your new database with your older one? Have you tried opening the database from each location? (Close any Legacy database you have open and double click the file from inside the folder to make sure you're looking at the right one.) I would have thought it would ask to confirm overwriting your new file onto the flash drive, so please double check that. When Legacy closes, it asks if you want to make a backup. When is the last time you did so? -Patti - Original Message From: David MacDiarmid To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 5:47:03 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] OverWriting Hi,I put myself in a very Depressing situation last night.Not being too computer literate i thought it best to download all my Legacy info onto my flash drive,(not used since Nov 2008).I got to a point in my attempt to do this,flashdrive plugged in etc' i was asked the question "do you want to overwrite" and i pressed yes or something.The flashdrive has now taken all my Legacy History back to Nov 2008>Can anyone helpme ,i feel so stupid and depressed,David Hi Patti,That is exactly what i have done.I backup every time i exit Legacy but i do not give backup a name,to be honest i do not know what to call it,but i just think it will be saved somewhere.I do get a prompt that no multimedia files were found ,but again i presume that is ok.I probably backed up sometime last week.I will take your advice on what to do next but i am very aprehensive to say the least.I still cannot believe my stupidity,thanks for your help,David David, There are a number of us who can help but I would think that most, like me, are pretty confused about what has happened. so let us start with your back-ups which you say above, you create every time you close. What version of Legacy are you using? If you don't know you will find it under the General Info Icon on the Toolbar. I ask this question because in Version7 you do not have to give the back-up a name Legacy will give it one by default and the file name ends with the date and time of creation. These back-ups are zip files (ie. .zip extension) and are usually stored in the C:\Legacy\Data folder. If you are transferring data from your PC to a flash drive you cannot overwrite what is on your PC, only what is on your Flash drive. So have you looked in the Legacy Folder I gave above to see what is in it? Please let us know. Ron Ferguson _ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ _ With Windows Live, you can organise, edit, and share your photos. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665338/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Hi Ron, I am using Legacy 7 Deluxe.My computer is Windows xp Professional, which i was advised to purchase,as it suited the Legacy Programme better and it is only just over a year old.Unfortunately my pc is not "idiot" proof.I have tried retracing my steps to make it easier for you to understand what happened,but to be honest i do not know how i reached the overwrite stage.Can you run me through how i get to the exact Legacy folder you want me to look in,i seem to have lots and lots of Legacy on my pc.Thanks for your time and help,Ron,David Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] OverWriting
Patti Wyble wrote: It sounds like you overwrote your new database with your older one? Have you tried opening the database from each location? (Close any Legacy database you have open and double click the file from inside the folder to make sure you're looking at the right one.) I would have thought it would ask to confirm overwriting your new file onto the flash drive, so please double check that. When Legacy closes, it asks if you want to make a backup. When is the last time you did so? -Patti - Original Message From: David MacDiarmid To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 5:47:03 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] OverWriting Hi,I put myself in a very Depressing situation last night.Not being too computer literate i thought it best to download all my Legacy info onto my flash drive,(not used since Nov 2008).I got to a point in my attempt to do this,flashdrive plugged in etc' i was asked the question "do you want to overwrite" and i pressed yes or something.The flashdrive has now taken all my Legacy History back to Nov 2008 >Can anyone helpme ,i feel so stupid and depressed,David Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Hi Patti,That is exactly what i have done.I backup every time i exit Legacy but i do not give backup a name,to be honest i do not know what to call it,but i just think it will be saved somewhere.I do get a prompt that no multimedia files were found ,but again i presume that is ok.I probably backed up sometime last week.I will take your advice on what to do next but i am very aprehensive to say the least.I still cannot believe my stupidity,thanks for your help,David Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] OverWriting
Jenny M Benson wrote: David MacDiarmid wrote I presumed this was ok because i do not have a clue what a multimedia file is.My anger and frustration is not only at myself,because i know my limits on my pc,but also at the boffins who write this stuff without much consideration for the people who do not have the pc skills they do. That's a bit unfair on the Legacy programmers. I do think they have the right to presume that someone using a computer programme will acquire a certain amount of basic computer knowledge first. However, if you had looked up Multimedia in the Help files you would have found: "Multimedia files - These are the picture files, sound files, video files, and other documents that you have linked to the people, events, sources, and locations in your family file." Hi Jenny,My apologies if you think i was having a go at the Legacy Programmers.That was never my intention.I am angry and frustrated at myself for not understanding what was being asked of me.My interpretation of the question "do you want to overwrite this file"was simple,i thought that it meant that my pc legacy data would be transferred onto my flashdrive.Hands up i was wrong.But i still think that what could be potentially years of work can be lost by pressing a key on your pc without being given a warning or two as to what the outcome of this action will be.I know this reply sounds simplistic Jenny,but i do struggle sometimes trying to understand what my machine is asking me to do.Maybe i should e-mail Bill Gates, maybe he could manufacture a pc for numpties,David Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] OverWriting
Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:47:03 +0100, David MacDiarmid wrote: The flashdrive has now taken all my Legacy History back to Nov 2008 Not sure what you mean by "taken"? Don't try anything else until we figure out exactly what you did. Hi Dennis,When i have finished working on Legacy i am prompted to backup this i do.I do not fill in a name for backup as i automatically think the backup is being made into the pc.I am then told that no multimedia files were found.I presumed this was ok because i do not have a clue what a multimedia file is.My anger and frustration is not only at myself,because i know my limits on my pc,but also at the boffins who write this stuff without much consideration for the people who do not have the pc skills they do.I personally think pc jargon is sometimes alien to me.Dennis,i have done almost nothing with my pc since last night apart from e-mails,if this can be sorted i would be eternally gratefull.David Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] OverWriting
Hi,I put myself in a very Depressing situation last night.Not being too computer literate i thought it best to download all my Legacy info onto my flash drive,(not used since Nov 2008).I got to a point in my attempt to do this,flashdrive plugged in etc' i was asked the question "do you want to overwrite" and i pressed yes or something.The flashdrive has now taken all my Legacy History back to Nov 2008 >Can anyone helpme ,i feel so stupid and depressed,David Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
