Re: [LegacyUG] Flash Drive
People may want to try TrueCrypt (free) which lets you have an encrypted drive on the usb flash disk alongside the standard one, definitely recommended if you're storing private data! On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Gary Templeman gtemplem...@comcast.net wrote: The point was not to use it as the main storage. It is a backup and should never be considered the sole source for important information. If it is stolen the information should still be on the primary computer. And as an aside, for privacy and safety concerns, financial and other important data should be stored in an encrypted and password protected location on the drive (and that includes the main computer at home, which people forget can also get stolen). Gary Templeman - Original Message - From: Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:04 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Flash Drive Just make sure it never gets lost or stolen and that you have a backup of all that data in another location in case the plug fails on the thumb drive, the most vulnerable part of the thumb drive. Personally I'd never store anything of any importance on a thumb drive. I *always* backup any changed data to the computer in which the drive is plugged into before unplugging it. Thumb drivers were designed to transport data from one computer to another, not to be a main storage device. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation supp...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com 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 -- Simon Dick 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] Flash drive (humor)
Some repositories (the FHL, for instance) are equipped to allow saving directly to a flash drive, rather than copying a document. Having a scan directly from the image, rather than a scan from a copy of the image, can be most helpful when trying to interpret a spotty old deed! I found that the microfilm reader/scanner at the FHL did not recognize the small external hard drive with which I travel. Fortunately, the FHL sells 1 GB flash drives, 1 for $9 or 2 for $14. (Elizabeth, I'm not trying to talk you into one - you strike me as someone who knows what she wants, or doesn't want! Just FYI to others) Janis Walker Gilmore 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] Flash Drive
Hi all, I also use my flash drive this way. We have an Ancestry subscription at our Society library and I save all my finds to my flash drive. That way I can crop all the black areas or crop to what I want to keep before printing. Saves on ink. Sandra 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] Flash Drive
I have mine tethered on my key chain, so it is difficult for me to get very far without it. One point that hasn't been discussed is that for all the backups people make, the one most often forgotten is the off-site backup. Burning and mailing a CD, emailing a file to a relative or uploading to a web site are all good, but tend to be less regular. The biggest advantage I see for flash drives (and the same thing that makes them easier to lose) is their small size. If I am at work or otherwise away from home and it burns down, I still have my *current* genealogy and other important files with me. Any and all backups I have at home will go up in smoke with the main file. Portable hard drives are good and I use one for my business, but it only goes from work to home and back. I don't carry it around on every little errand. Gary Templeman - Original Message - From: MICHELLE CROSBY ksuhist...@msn.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Flash Drive Good Evening from snowy and cold Illinois- please be very careful with flash drives- as a supervisor of a computer dept- I have seen many a customer lose their flash drives or break them or not remove them after using them- its always a good idea to have a portable HD to back up your files- and of course old fashion paper. Shelly 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] Flash Drive
Gary - I also carry mine on my keychain. About 18 months ago we were hit with a very unexpected flash flood. I happened to be home and the genealogy stuff and computer were the first things carried up and out of harms way. (I worried about the husband later). But we had no warning - and less than 20 minutes to get things up high enough to save them. Needless to say we lost a lot of things. This way I know no matter what, even though hard copies may be gone, my genealogy and all my hard work will survive. I would have been absolutely sick had that happened the last time. Jackie King Gary Templeman wrote: I have mine tethered on my key chain, so it is difficult for me to get very far without it. One point that hasn't been discussed is that for all the backups people make, the one most often forgotten is the off-site backup. Burning and mailing a CD, emailing a file to a relative or uploading to a web site are all good, but tend to be less regular. The biggest advantage I see for flash drives (and the same thing that makes them easier to lose) is their small size. If I am at work or otherwise away from home and it burns down, I still have my *current* genealogy and other important files with me. Any and all backups I have at home will go up in smoke with the main file. Portable hard drives are good and I use one for my business, but it only goes from work to home and back. I don't carry it around on every little errand. Gary Templeman - Original Message - From: MICHELLE CROSBY ksuhist...@msn.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Flash Drive Good Evening from snowy and cold Illinois- please be very careful with flash drives- as a supervisor of a computer dept- I have seen many a customer lose their flash drives or break them or not remove them after using them- its always a good idea to have a portable HD to back up your files- and of course old fashion paper. Shelly 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Flash Drive
Good points and story. Not only all genealogy files, but financial and scanned legal documents, hundreds of passwords, etc all go in my pocket when leaving the house. It's the simplest of habits. I also back up online at Mozy but retrieving *all of it*, should that become necessary, would not be instant. I highly recommend that everyone take a complete inventory of all computer files and personal papers, stop assuming and *make a plan*. For yet another level of backup security, check out http://www.jgen.ws/estate.php - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Jackie King wrote: Gary - I also carry mine on my keychain. About 18 months ago we were hit with a very unexpected flash flood. I happened to be home and the genealogy stuff and computer were the first things carried up and out of harms way. (I worried about the husband later). But we had no warning - and less than 20 minutes to get things up high enough to save them. Needless to say we lost a lot of things. This way I know no matter what, even though hard copies may be gone, my genealogy and all my hard work will survive. I would have been absolutely sick had that happened the last time. Jackie King Gary Templeman wrote: I have mine tethered on my key chain, so it is difficult for me to get very far without it. One point that hasn't been discussed is that for all the backups people make, the one most often forgotten is the off-site backup. Burning and mailing a CD, emailing a file to a relative or uploading to a web site are all good, but tend to be less regular. The biggest advantage I see for flash drives (and the same thing that makes them easier to lose) is their small size. If I am at work or otherwise away from home and it burns down, I still have my *current* genealogy and other important files with me. Any and all backups I have at home will go up in smoke with the main file. Portable hard drives are good and I use one for my business, but it only goes from work to home and back. I don't carry it around on every little errand. Gary Templeman - Original Message - From: MICHELLE CROSBY ksuhist...@msn.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Flash Drive Good Evening from snowy and cold Illinois- please be very careful with flash drives- as a supervisor of a computer dept- I have seen many a customer lose their flash drives or break them or not remove them after using them- its always a good idea to have a portable HD to back up your files- and of course old fashion paper. Shelly 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 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] Flash Drive
Just make sure it never gets lost or stolen and that you have a backup of all that data in another location in case the plug fails on the thumb drive, the most vulnerable part of the thumb drive. Personally I'd never store anything of any importance on a thumb drive. I *always* backup any changed data to the computer in which the drive is plugged into before unplugging it. Thumb drivers were designed to transport data from one computer to another, not to be a main storage device. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation supp...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of JLB Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 12:26 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Flash Drive Good points and story. Not only all genealogy files, but financial and scanned legal documents, hundreds of passwords, etc all go in my pocket when leaving the house. It's the simplest of habits. I also back up online at Mozy but retrieving *all of it*, should that become necessary, would not be instant. I highly recommend that everyone take a complete inventory of all computer files and personal papers, stop assuming and *make a plan*. For yet another level of backup security, check out http://www.jgen.ws/estate.php - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog 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] Flash Drive
I wouldn't dream of using a flash-drive as primary backup. If the flash-drive broke, was stolen or lost, Mozy went bust and my house burned down all on the same day, that *would* be a bad day. - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Sherry/Support wrote: Just make sure it never gets lost or stolen and that you have a backup of all that data in another location in case the plug fails on the thumb drive, the most vulnerable part of the thumb drive. Personally I'd never store anything of any importance on a thumb drive. I *always* backup any changed data to the computer in which the drive is plugged into before unplugging it. Thumb drivers were designed to transport data from one computer to another, not to be a main storage device. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation supp...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. 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] Flash Drive
The point was not to use it as the main storage. It is a backup and should never be considered the sole source for important information. If it is stolen the information should still be on the primary computer. And as an aside, for privacy and safety concerns, financial and other important data should be stored in an encrypted and password protected location on the drive (and that includes the main computer at home, which people forget can also get stolen). Gary Templeman - Original Message - From: Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:04 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Flash Drive Just make sure it never gets lost or stolen and that you have a backup of all that data in another location in case the plug fails on the thumb drive, the most vulnerable part of the thumb drive. Personally I'd never store anything of any importance on a thumb drive. I *always* backup any changed data to the computer in which the drive is plugged into before unplugging it. Thumb drivers were designed to transport data from one computer to another, not to be a main storage device. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation supp...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com 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] Flash Drive
Elizabeth, Sorry for continuing this now off-topic discussion. Consider this use for a flash drive. Maybe you will think that it is something you could not only use but need. My local library has the local newspaper on microfilm. We have a microfilm reader connected to a computer. I can view pages of the newspaper, zoom in on the article of interest and scan it to the computer. Once scannned, I save the image to my flash drive to take home. I then load it onto my computer. My local Family History Center likewise has a microfilm reader connected to a computer that I can use the same way. Mary -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Richardson Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 7:07 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Error 91 Ta Dah! Robin, actually, I did know what a flash drive is, and, believe me, I do not want or need a flash drive. I have one computer and will not be transferring stuff, although I did transfer stuff via disks from my old computer to this one. I do have a 500gb external hard drive for additional backups. I don't wear jewelry, so why would I want to WEAR a flash drive. Can't think of anything so frivolous is the only nice way to say what I think about that. And let me add that my husband think you don't NEED a computer. Not everyone has a you need the latest and greatest keep up with the Jones lifestyle. Need and want really are different. Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson 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] Flash Drive
Mary, none of my family has ever lived where I live (my children left here more than 20 years ago). No one related to me will ever be in my local newspaper, other than my husband. I have inter-library loaned micro-filmed newspapers, but that was many years ago. We have a very small family history center that is open on an on call basis. I used it very extensively for many years - was able to accurately state that I used it more hours than any local LDS member for about 5 years. But I don't use it any more because so much is now on the internet. It is possible that I'll want to use it sometime in the distant future. Technology may have advanced by that time so that I'll probably be able to e-mail myself any images. It is good to remember that technology does advance and change. I had a Zip drive (could hold 100mb) many years ago before you could save to a CD (670mb) and it was the only way you could save large files (floppies were 1.44mb). Of course, that has gone the way of buggy whips. I suspect the same will happen to flash drives. Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: M. Brenzel brenze...@roadrunner.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 4:01 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Flash Drive Elizabeth, Sorry for continuing this now off-topic discussion. Consider this use for a flash drive. Maybe you will think that it is something you could not only use but need. My local library has the local newspaper on microfilm. We have a microfilm reader connected to a computer. I can view pages of the newspaper, zoom in on the article of interest and scan it to the computer. Once scannned, I save the image to my flash drive to take home. I then load it onto my computer. My local Family History Center likewise has a microfilm reader connected to a computer that I can use the same way. Mary -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Richardson Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 7:07 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Error 91 Ta Dah! Robin, actually, I did know what a flash drive is, and, believe me, I do not want or need a flash drive. I have one computer and will not be transferring stuff, although I did transfer stuff via disks from my old computer to this one. I do have a 500gb external hard drive for additional backups. I don't wear jewelry, so why would I want to WEAR a flash drive. Can't think of anything so frivolous is the only nice way to say what I think about that. And let me add that my husband think you don't NEED a computer. Not everyone has a you need the latest and greatest keep up with the Jones lifestyle. Need and want really are different. Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson 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
RE: [LegacyUG] Flash Drive
Many of us typically evaluate messages in a forum as to how they pertain specifically to ourselves. And we may decide that a message or thread has little or no value. However, given the number of folks that subscribe to this group, chances are that some/many folks will see something that relates to them, and provides new insight. This is true whether it be a flash drive, a feature of Legacy, or a technique being used. My personal example is that I am very familiar with flash drives, and have used them for as long as they have been available, even distributing many to technology-savy folks in my school district. However, I know that given the richness of experience of this groups, chances are that I'll still pick up something that I didn't think of. So, I read every message - as I do with others that at don't appear at first to have a value to me. In summary, the messages I best enjoy are those that provide uses, or alternate methods. Red Sanders From: erich...@worldnet.att.net To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Flash Drive Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:27:12 -0900 Mary, none of my family has ever lived where I live (my children left here more than 20 years ago). No one related to me will ever be in my local newspaper, other than my husband. I have inter-library loaned micro-filmed newspapers, but that was many years ago. We have a very small family history center that is open on an on call basis. I used it very extensively for many years - was able to accurately state that I used it more hours than any local LDS member for about 5 years. But I don't use it any more because so much is now on the internet. It is possible that I'll want to use it sometime in the distant future. Technology may have advanced by that time so that I'll probably be able to e-mail myself any images. It is good to remember that technology does advance and change. I had a Zip drive (could hold 100mb) many years ago before you could save to a CD (670mb) and it was the only way you could save large files (floppies were 1.44mb). Of course, that has gone the way of buggy whips. I suspect the same will happen to flash drives. Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: M. Brenzel brenze...@roadrunner.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 4:01 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Flash Drive Elizabeth, Sorry for continuing this now off-topic discussion. Consider this use for a flash drive. Maybe you will think that it is something you could not only use but need. My local library has the local newspaper on microfilm. We have a microfilm reader connected to a computer. I can view pages of the newspaper, zoom in on the article of interest and scan it to the computer. Once scannned, I save the image to my flash drive to take home. I then load it onto my computer. My local Family History Center likewise has a microfilm reader connected to a computer that I can use the same way. Mary -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Richardson Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 7:07 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Error 91 Ta Dah! Robin, actually, I did know what a flash drive is, and, believe me, I do not want or need a flash drive. I have one computer and will not be transferring stuff, although I did transfer stuff via disks from my old computer to this one. I do have a 500gb external hard drive for additional backups. I don't wear jewelry, so why would I want to WEAR a flash drive. Can't think of anything so frivolous is the only nice way to say what I think about that. And let me add that my husband think you don't NEED a computer. Not everyone has a you need the latest and greatest keep up with the Jones lifestyle. Need and want really are different. Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson 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 _ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_012009 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] Flash Drive
Very true but I suspect that the flash drive or something like it will be around for a long time. In fact if I were a manufacturer of hard drives I would be getting into the solid-state technology as fast as I could, and I think many are doing just that. I started with the Commodore C64 and then the Amiga: what you could do with a whole megabyte of RAM if the operating system was lean and mean! So I've seen things change a lot. Robin (cracking his buggy whip) Elizabeth Richardson wrote: It is good to remember that technology does advance and change. I had a Zip drive (could hold 100mb) many years ago before you could save to a CD (670mb) and it was the only way you could save large files (floppies were 1.44mb). Of course, that has gone the way of buggy whips. I suspect the same will happen to flash drives. 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] Flash Drive
Good Evening from snowy and cold Illinois- please be very careful with flash drives- as a supervisor of a computer dept- I have seen many a customer lose their flash drives or break them or not remove them after using them- its always a good idea to have a portable HD to back up your files- and of course old fashion paper. Shelly - Original Message - From: RobinHmailto:robinsn...@actrix.co.nz To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.commailto:LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Flash Drive Very true but I suspect that the flash drive or something like it will be around for a long time. In fact if I were a manufacturer of hard drives I would be getting into the solid-state technology as fast as I could, and I think many are doing just that. I started with the Commodore C64 and then the Amiga: what you could do with a whole megabyte of RAM if the operating system was lean and mean! So I've seen things change a lot. Robin (cracking his buggy whip) Elizabeth Richardson wrote: It is good to remember that technology does advance and change. I had a Zip drive (could hold 100mb) many years ago before you could save to a CD (670mb) and it was the only way you could save large files (floppies were 1.44mb). Of course, that has gone the way of buggy whips. I suspect the same will happen to flash drives. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asphttp://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
RE: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy
So you are saying, MoJoPac put's software on both machines, and you need admin on both machines to install mojo ? I don't have one, just wondered, which makes MoJoPac run legacy, but after the software is installed on both machines ? Again, don't have one. but I was thinking of getting a U3 awhile back. Inquiring minds. Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian/Support Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:19 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy There is one major problem with MoJoPac though. For it to work you must have Administrator Privileges on the computer you want to work with or there must be a MoJoPac supplied utility installed on the host machine. Here is an excerpt from the MoJoPac help on this topic: MoJoPac can be used on a host with limited mode login with MoJoPac Usher installed on the host. MoJoPac will automatically prompt the user to install Usher on the host when MoJoPac is plugged into a host with limited mode login. Both Win XP and Vista will prevent a limited account from installing software like MoJoPac Usher Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. Gene Young wrote: Sherry/Support wrote: Syble, Legacy will not run from a flash drive. It needs to be installed on the hard drive of the computer you wish to run it from. You can save the Family Files, pictures, etc on the flash drive and access them from there. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com Yes it will. I do it. Download MojoPac Free, install it to your thumb drive then install legacy. It works, I have it and, while slower due to the interface lag, it does work. 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
Re: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy
U3 is just a portable apps platform. Unless there's a portable Legacy that runs on it, and there isn't, it's of no use. Mojopac is something else entirely. Google it. You might be able to run Legacy from it - I have heard of that - but if you think you can plug into any old computer and do that, you can't because it requires administrator privileges. - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html Tim Rosenlof wrote: So you are saying, MoJoPac put's software on both machines, and you need admin on both machines to install mojo ? I don't have one, just wondered, which makes MoJoPac run legacy, but after the software is installed on both machines ? Again, don't have one. but I was thinking of getting a U3 awhile back. Inquiring minds. Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian/Support Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:19 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy There is one major problem with MoJoPac though. For it to work you must have Administrator Privileges on the computer you want to work with or there must be a MoJoPac supplied utility installed on the host machine. Here is an excerpt from the MoJoPac help on this topic: MoJoPac can be used on a host with limited mode login with MoJoPac Usher installed on the host. MoJoPac will automatically prompt the user to install Usher on the host when MoJoPac is plugged into a host with limited mode login. Both Win XP and Vista will prevent a limited account from installing software like MoJoPac Usher Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. Gene Young wrote: Sherry/Support wrote: Syble, Legacy will not run from a flash drive. It needs to be installed on the hard drive of the computer you wish to run it from. You can save the Family Files, pictures, etc on the flash drive and access them from there. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com Yes it will. I do it. Download MojoPac Free, install it to your thumb drive then install legacy. It works, I have it and, while slower due to the interface lag, it does work. 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 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] flash drive for Legacy
Thanks to all who responded, if I install Legacy on the laptop (basically to take it with me to libraries etc.), then created a Legacy family file backup on the laptop , then copy to the flash drive, then I should be able to copy this backup to Legacy on my desktop. Is this correct? I've not used a flash drive nor a laptop, so I'm a complete novice at this. I just want to be able to transfer all the data I've found back to the desktop, and keep the --- On Tue, 9/2/08, Sherry/Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Sherry/Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 7:30 PM I have heard of Legacy users having problems with MojoPac, Unfortunately, because of that I can't recommend it. I have heard of reports from users who installed Legacy on their flash drive and it worked great - as long as it was on the same computer that the flash drive was plugged into when they installed Legacy. As soon as they took the flash drive to a computer where Legacy had never been installed, they couldn't run the program from the flash drive. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gene Young Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:41 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy Yes it will. I do it. Download MojoPac Free, install it to your thumb drive then install legacy. It works, I have it and, while slower due to the interface lag, it does work. -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with Legacy Family Tree http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/ Sherry/Support wrote: Syble, Legacy will not run from a flash drive. It needs to be installed on the hard drive of the computer you wish to run it from. You can save the Family Files, pictures, etc on the flash drive and access them from there. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com 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
Re: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy
Syble, Correct - just do a RESTORE on your desktop (from the flash drive) and all should be well! Do it about 3-4 times per week! Keith On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Syble Glasscock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to all who responded, if I install Legacy on the laptop (basically to take it with me to libraries etc.), then created a Legacy family file backup on the laptop , then copy to the flash drive, then I should be able to copy this backup to Legacy on my desktop. Is this correct? I've not used a flash drive nor a laptop, so I'm a complete novice at this. I just want to be able to transfer all the data I've found back to the desktop, and keep the -- Surnames: McKain, Horn, Riale, Ulrich, Erisman, Leiphart, Reed and Henry Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 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] flash drive for Legacy
Syble, Yes that works - both ways. One can use either the .fdb file or the backup .zip copy from the PC to Flash/USB Drive, copy to the lap-top and restore or run on the lap-top. When changed at the library just reverse the process. Ron Ferguson _ *New* Insert Pictures Into your Web Pages - Blogs 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/ _ Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 07:08:21 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Thanks to all who responded, if I install Legacy on the laptop (basically to take it with me to libraries etc.), then created a Legacy family file backup on the laptop , then copy to the flash drive, then I should be able to copy this backup to Legacy on my desktop. Is this correct? I've not used a flash drive nor a laptop, so I'm a complete novice at this. I just want to be able to transfer all the data I've found back to the desktop, and keep the --- On Tue, 9/2/08, Sherry/Support wrote: From: Sherry/Support Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 7:30 PM I have heard of Legacy users having problems with MojoPac, Unfortunately, because of that I can't recommend it. I have heard of reports from users who installed Legacy on their flash drive and it worked great - as long as it was on the same computer that the flash drive was plugged into when they installed Legacy. As soon as they took the flash drive to a computer where Legacy had never been installed, they couldn't run the program from the flash drive. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gene Young Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:41 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy Yes it will. I do it. Download MojoPac Free, install it to your thumb drive then install legacy. It works, I have it and, while slower due to the interface lag, it does work. -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with Legacy Family Tree http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/ Sherry/Support wrote: Syble, Legacy will not run from a flash drive. It needs to be installed on the hard drive of the computer you wish to run it from. You can save the Family Files, pictures, etc on the flash drive and access them from there. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com _ Win New York holidays with Kellogg’s Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354033/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
RE: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy
Thanks so much. I have wanted a laptop to take with me for quite sometime, so finally bought one, just want to ask questions before I got my files in a mess. Syble Glasscock --- On Wed, 9/3/08, ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 3:24 PM Syble, Yes that works - both ways. One can use either the .fdb file or the backup ..zip copy from the PC to Flash/USB Drive, copy to the lap-top and restore or run on the lap-top. When changed at the library just reverse the process. Ron Ferguson _ *New* Insert Pictures Into your Web Pages - Blogs 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/ _ Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 07:08:21 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Thanks to all who responded, if I install Legacy on the laptop (basically to take it with me to libraries etc.), then created a Legacy family file backup on the laptop , then copy to the flash drive, then I should be able to copy this backup to Legacy on my desktop. Is this correct? I've not used a flash drive nor a laptop, so I'm a complete novice at this. I just want to be able to transfer all the data I've found back to the desktop, and keep the --- On Tue, 9/2/08, Sherry/Support wrote: From: Sherry/Support Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 7:30 PM I have heard of Legacy users having problems with MojoPac, Unfortunately, because of that I can't recommend it. I have heard of reports from users who installed Legacy on their flash drive and it worked great - as long as it was on the same computer that the flash drive was plugged into when they installed Legacy. As soon as they took the flash drive to a computer where Legacy had never been installed, they couldn't run the program from the flash drive. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gene Young Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:41 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy Yes it will. I do it. Download MojoPac Free, install it to your thumb drive then install legacy. It works, I have it and, while slower due to the interface lag, it does work. -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with Legacy Family Tree http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/ Sherry/Support wrote: Syble, Legacy will not run from a flash drive. It needs to be installed on the hard drive of the computer you wish to run it from. You can save the Family Files, pictures, etc on the flash drive and access them from there. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com _ Win New York holidays with Kellogg’s Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354033/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 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] flash drive for Legacy
Sounds great. Thanks, Syble Glasscock --- On Wed, 9/3/08, GeoSci [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: GeoSci [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 2:31 PM Syble, Correct - just do a RESTORE on your desktop (from the flash drive) and all should be well! Do it about 3-4 times per week! Keith On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Syble Glasscock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to all who responded, if I install Legacy on the laptop (basically to take it with me to libraries etc.), then created a Legacy family file backup on the laptop , then copy to the flash drive, then I should be able to copy this backup to Legacy on my desktop. Is this correct? I've not used a flash drive nor a laptop, so I'm a complete novice at this. I just want to be able to transfer all the data I've found back to the desktop, and keep the -- Surnames: McKain, Horn, Riale, Ulrich, Erisman, Leiphart, Reed and Henry Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 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
Re: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy
There is one major problem with MoJoPac though. For it to work you must have Administrator Privileges on the computer you want to work with or there must be a MoJoPac supplied utility installed on the host machine. Here is an excerpt from the MoJoPac help on this topic: MoJoPac can be used on a host with limited mode login with MoJoPac Usher installed on the host. MoJoPac will automatically prompt the user to install Usher on the host when MoJoPac is plugged into a host with limited mode login. Both Win XP and Vista will prevent a limited account from installing software like MoJoPac Usher Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. Gene Young wrote: Sherry/Support wrote: Syble, Legacy will not run from a flash drive. It needs to be installed on the hard drive of the computer you wish to run it from. You can save the Family Files, pictures, etc on the flash drive and access them from there. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com Yes it will. I do it. Download MojoPac Free, install it to your thumb drive then install legacy. It works, I have it and, while slower due to the interface lag, it does work. 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] flash drive for Legacy
Syble, Legacy will not run from a flash drive. It needs to be installed on the hard drive of the computer you wish to run it from. You can save the Family Files, pictures, etc on the flash drive and access them from there. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Syble Glasscock Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 7:02 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy I just bought a laptop and am considering installing Legacy on a flash drive to use with the Laptop and then plug in to my desktop computer. I have 3 separate family files with a total of about 9,000 individuals, any suggestions as to what size flash drive I'd need to operate Legacy on? Are I hope this is not off topic. Syble Glasscock 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] flash drive for Legacy
Sherry/Support wrote: Syble, Legacy will not run from a flash drive. It needs to be installed on the hard drive of the computer you wish to run it from. You can save the Family Files, pictures, etc on the flash drive and access them from there. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com Yes it will. I do it. Download MojoPac Free, install it to your thumb drive then install legacy. It works, I have it and, while slower due to the interface lag, it does work. -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with Legacy Family Tree http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/ 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] flash drive for Legacy
I have heard of Legacy users having problems with MojoPac, Unfortunately, because of that I can't recommend it. I have heard of reports from users who installed Legacy on their flash drive and it worked great - as long as it was on the same computer that the flash drive was plugged into when they installed Legacy. As soon as they took the flash drive to a computer where Legacy had never been installed, they couldn't run the program from the flash drive. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gene Young Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:41 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy Yes it will. I do it. Download MojoPac Free, install it to your thumb drive then install legacy. It works, I have it and, while slower due to the interface lag, it does work. -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with Legacy Family Tree http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/ Sherry/Support wrote: Syble, Legacy will not run from a flash drive. It needs to be installed on the hard drive of the computer you wish to run it from. You can save the Family Files, pictures, etc on the flash drive and access them from there. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com 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] flash drive for Legacy
I believe the easiest thing would be to copy your entire Legacy installation to the flash-drive. After you install it on both computers. You can't install Legacy on a flash-drive but you can run the files from it. You may have pictures linked there or source documents. I don't know where you keep those. If you go down to its location: in Windows that might be under C:\Legacy depending where you installed it, then right click, click Properties and it will tell you how big it is. Mine is about 500 MB but I don't keep many pictures there. - JL JLiki - creating your own genealogy wiki http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jliki.html Syble Glasscock wrote: I just bought a laptop and am considering installing Legacy on a flash drive to use with the Laptop and then plug in to my desktop computer. I have 3 separate family files with a total of about 9,000 individuals, any suggestions as to what size flash drive I'd need to operate Legacy on? Are I hope this is not off topic. Syble Glasscock Legacy User Group guidelines: =0Ahttp://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp 3D%22http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp%22 =0A Archived messages: =0A http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 3D%22http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/%22 =0A Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp 3D%22http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp%22 =0A To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp 3D%22http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp%22 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] flash drive for Legacy
Sybil, I have an 8 GB flash drive with Mojopac installed, and the drive runs just like having another C drive. It is the best thing I have ever done for my genealogy. I have my main computer, my external hard drive, and now this flash drive. It is really easy to back up Legacy in all three places or run from all three places. :-D I have 16,000 people in my database! Darlene [EMAIL PROTECTED] You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. ~ C.S. Lewis, 1898-1963 --- On Mon, 9/1/08, Syble Glasscock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Syble Glasscock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy To: Legacy User Group LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 9:01 PM I just bought a laptop and am considering installing Legacy on a flash drive to use with the Laptop and then plug in to my desktop computer. I have 3 separate family files with a total of about 9,000 individuals, any suggestions as to what size flash drive I'd need to operate Legacy on? Are I hope this is not off topic. Syble Glasscock 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
Re: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy
The good news is you can put your family information on flash drives. The best way I know to determine the size you need is to put look at the size on your hard drive, and get a flash drive bigger than that. Also, the good news is you can take your information from one computer to another computer that has Legacy, but be careful. If you have the latest version, and the library you are going to happens to have Legacy 4 for example, the date formats will be so different that Legacy 4 won't be able to open your family file. The bad news is you just cannot put Legacy itself on a flash drive. It needs to be installed on the hard drive. Robert At 2008-09-01 09:01 PM, you wrote: I just bought a laptop and am considering installing Legacy on a flash drive to use with the Laptop and then plug in to my desktop computer. I have 3 separate family files with a total of about 9,000 individuals, any suggestions as to what size flash drive I'd need to operate Legacy on? Are I hope this is not off topic. Syble Glasscock 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] flash drive for Legacy
It depends mostly on whether you have multimedia that you also want on the flash drive ( personally I would leave photos etc on the desktop). If the only use is for Legacy, you probably can't buy a drive that is too small nowadays. A quick check of one online supplier shows over a hundred drives over 1 GB and only 10 that are either 256 MB or 512 MB. Since you can get 2 GB for under $10, 4 GB from $14 to 20, and 8 GB from $22 to 35, there is really no reason to skimp. Another question to ask is whether to get a U3 drive or not. Someone else will have to explain the pros and cons to that decision. Gary Templeman - Original Message - From: Syble Glasscock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Legacy User Group LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 7:01 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy I just bought a laptop and am considering installing Legacy on a flash drive to use with the Laptop and then plug in to my desktop computer. I have 3 separate family files with a total of about 9,000 individuals, any suggestions as to what size flash drive I'd need to operate Legacy on? Are I hope this is not off topic. Syble Glasscock 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
Re: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy
I don't think U3 has any relevance to this use of a flash-drive, being a platform for various free and paid softwares. I've bought several drives with U3 on them and just delete the whole sheebang and use the drive the way I want to. If PortableApps are your thing, I'd recommend OpenSource PortableApps anyway. I find U3 pretty junky. Anyway, you don't need it for Legacy. - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html Gary Templeman wrote: It depends mostly on whether you have multimedia that you also want on the flash drive ( personally I would leave photos etc on the desktop). If the only use is for Legacy, you probably can't buy a drive that is too small nowadays. A quick check of one online supplier shows over a hundred drives over 1 GB and only 10 that are either 256 MB or 512 MB. Since you can get 2 GB for under $10, 4 GB from $14 to 20, and 8 GB from $22 to 35, there is really no reason to skimp. Another question to ask is whether to get a U3 drive or not. Someone else will have to explain the pros and cons to that decision. Gary Templeman - Original Message - From: Syble Glasscock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Legacy User Group LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 7:01 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] flash drive for Legacy I just bought a laptop and am considering installing Legacy on a flash drive to use with the Laptop and then plug in to my desktop computer. I have 3 separate family files with a total of about 9,000 individuals, any suggestions as to what size flash drive I'd need to operate Legacy on? Are I hope this is not off topic. Syble Glasscock 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 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
