Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
To Laurence Kathy, Thank you for the replies. It helped, I am going to delete Legacy from the flash drive and just put the backups on it as suggested. Thank you everyone, you have all been a big help. Diane From: kbrbkr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 22:41:57 -0500 Diane: I recently purchased a 4GB flash drive - great buy I think at $80 - just for my genealogy and it works great! What I did was installed the Legacy installation program on the flash drive, plus a copy of my latest genealogy file. Then when I get to the computer I'm going to work on, I need to install Legacy ONTO the computer I'm going to be working with, then tell Legacy to open the family file - and select the flash drive as the location where the file is. When I'm done, I exit out of Legacy. The computer still has Legacy on it - BUT there will be no family file on the computer as it's actually on the flash drive. If you already have Legacy on the computer you're going to be working on - you DO NOT need to copy the exe file to your flash drive, just the family file itself (either as a copy of the file, or a backup copy). Then open Legacy and open the family file on your flash drive. KathyAs per your email to me below. I have a 2g flash drive, now and I down loaded the small version of Legacy to it. I alsready have Legacy running on both computers besides that. Now the problem for me is what do I do next? I can't run it like that, because it wants to open it on the computer. I backed up one family file on that flash drive also. Now what am I doing wrong again? Thank you so much for your help. Diane Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Hello Sherry, As per your email to me below. I have a 2g flash drive, now and I down loaded the small version of Legacy to it. I alsready have Legacy running on both computers besides that. Now the problem for me is what do I do next? I can't run it like that, because it wants to open it on the computer. I backed up one family file on that flash drive also. Now what am I doing wrong again? Thank you so much for your help. Diane From: Sherry/Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:13:55 -0800 Diane, 1. Save a copy of the Legacy6Setup.exe file to the flash drive, if you wish to install Legacy on another computer. Make sure that you selected the Download Full Setup option when you downloaded the Legacy setup file. 2. No need to do a gedcom unless you're sharing with a non-Legacy user. You just want to do a backup of the Family File. Go to http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Tips.asp, where you'll find an article under Backing Up and Restoring Family Files. 3. I enter the data into the file on the flash drive and back up to the hard drive. The flash drive is not a good backup medium because they're small, easily lost or stolen and fragile. 4. I have a 256 MB drive which holds my Family Files with no problem. If you have a lot of pictures you're going to put on the flash drive, you'll want one large enough to hold those also. Of course, since the 2 GB drives are so much cheaper now (you can buy one for what I paid for my 256 drive!), might as well get the best bang for your buck. The Legacy6Setup.exe file is only 27 MB in size. 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 Diane nault Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 3:28 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Well Thank you for all of the answers that I have received about flash drives. Now for the final questions hopefully. 1 I understand that I should download Legacy to this flash drive. 2 Do a gedcom of my info onto this drive. 3 When I enter info on one computer do a backup to the flash drive then do a restore onto the other computer. 4 get at least a 2g drive, and maybe put on family file on each drive. Do this seem to sum it up? You have all been very helpful. Thank you Diane *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
7/01/2007 2:27:15 PM As per your email to me below. I have a 2g flash drive, now and I down loaded the small version of Legacy to it. I alsready have Legacy running on both computers besides that. Now the problem for me is what do I do next? I can't run it like that, because it wants to open it on the computer. I backed up one family file on that flash drive also. Hi Diane, You don't need Legacy on the flash drive. You put your Legacy database on the flash drive and both computers will run it from there. On both computers you will need to tell Legacy where to find the database. When you back up backup to the computer the flash drive is attached to May all your brick walls be little ones. -- Regards, Laurence E Stephenson http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/lauries/web/index.html I am Researching:- Butcher...Stroud, Gloucestershire, England..1856 Fortune...Berwickshire, Scotland1858 GarlickLiverpool, Lancashire, England..1863 MeeKilflyn, Limerick, Ireland (Palatine)1884 Payne..Washingborough, Lincolnshire, England1863 RitchieBonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland..1860 Stephenson.Pickering, Yorkshire, England ...1856 Wittick(Convict) Walsall, Staffordshire, England1822 Heartnet = Heart support = http://heartnet.cci.ecu.edu.au/ Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Diane: I recently purchased a 4GB flash drive - great buy I think at $80 - just for my genealogy and it works great! What I did was installed the Legacy installation program on the flash drive, plus a copy of my latest genealogy file. Then when I get to the computer I'm going to work on, I need to install Legacy ONTO the computer I'm going to be working with, then tell Legacy to open the family file - and select the flash drive as the location where the file is. When I'm done, I exit out of Legacy. The computer still has Legacy on it - BUT there will be no family file on the computer as it's actually on the flash drive. If you already have Legacy on the computer you're going to be working on - you DO NOT need to copy the exe file to your flash drive, just the family file itself (either as a copy of the file, or a backup copy). Then open Legacy and open the family file on your flash drive. KathyAs per your email to me below. I have a 2g flash drive, now and I down loaded the small version of Legacy to it. I alsready have Legacy running on both computers besides that. Now the problem for me is what do I do next? I can't run it like that, because it wants to open it on the computer. I backed up one family file on that flash drive also. Now what am I doing wrong again? Thank you so much for your help. Diane Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Sherry, This is basically what I was suggesting to Diane, except I suggested copying the whole of the Legacy folder. Perhaps you could clear up a muddle in my own mind. When we get an update from Legacy does this update provide a new .exe file or does the update alter just the components within the already installed programme? I had assumed the latter but if a minor update does provide an updated .exe file then I can see why you have suggested saving just a copy of Legacy6Setup.exe. If the update alters the components within the already installed programme and not the .exe file then we are probably safer copying the whole folder as I suggested. If updates supply a new .exe file each time I would be very happy just to save the Legacy6Setup.exe to flash. I have in my mind the problem people had a few weeks back when they started to download the update, couldn't do it and in the end ended up with their original software not working and no backup. Best wishes David S Brookes Polesworth N. Warks England -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sherry/Support Sent: 28 December 2006 17:14 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Diane, 1. Save a copy of the Legacy6Setup.exe file to the flash drive, if you wish to install Legacy on another computer. Make sure that you selected the Download Full Setup option when you downloaded the Legacy setup file. 2. No need to do a gedcom unless you're sharing with a non-Legacy user. You just want to do a backup of the Family File. Go to http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Tips.asp, where you'll find an article under Backing Up and Restoring Family Files. 3. I enter the data into the file on the flash drive and back up to the hard drive. The flash drive is not a good backup medium because they're small, easily lost or stolen and fragile. 4. I have a 256 MB drive which holds my Family Files with no problem. If you have a lot of pictures you're going to put on the flash drive, you'll want one large enough to hold those also. Of course, since the 2 GB drives are so much cheaper now (you can buy one for what I paid for my 256 drive!), might as well get the best bang for your buck. The Legacy6Setup.exe file is only 27 MB in size. 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 Diane nault Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 3:28 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Well Thank you for all of the answers that I have received about flash drives. Now for the final questions hopefully. 1 I understand that I should download Legacy to this flash drive. 2 Do a gedcom of my info onto this drive. 3 When I enter info on one computer do a backup to the flash drive then do a restore onto the other computer. 4 get at least a 2g drive, and maybe put on family file on each drive. Do this seem to sum it up? You have all been very helpful. Thank you Diane *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Hi Ron/Sherry, The way I have always understood things is that the Legacy6Setup.exe is the file that installed and built the programme on the computer. Therefore if you save this file, this will enable you to install/build the programme again is for some reason the programme folder was completely deleted from your computer. Am I right? If so, that brings me to updates. If we update for e.g from .117 to .118 and we do so from 'within Legacy', in other words with the programme open (I know it shuts down the programme once the process has started etc) does the update provide a new Legacy6Setup.exe file (which is in any case in the Legacy programme folder) or does it update the individual components of the folder/registry without touching the LegacySetup? If you look at the LegacySetup properties it always shows as File Version 6.0.0.0. I would have expected it to read 6.0.0.118.? If you then save the Legacy6Setup to flash after having 'downloaded' .118 and find you need to reinstall the programme or install on a different computer, will it install 6.0.0.0 or 6.0.0.118 or do you need to copy the whole Legacy folder to get .118? Hope this makes some sense!! Best wishes David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: 29 December 2006 10:32 To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. David, I know your email was addressed to Sherry but it is rather more of a general question rather than being specific to Legacy, so please forgive me for jumping in. The point is that if you copy the .exe of any program to another computer that is all you have done. What has not been done is to copy the information regarding where all the component files are stored to the Register. So when the .exe file is run it does not know where the files are. This is why when a program is downloaded it also has to be installed as well. The set-up.exe file of any program tells the Register where on the Hard Drive it has put all the above information so that when you run the .exe file it can check the Register, find the file it wants and then carry out the instructions. This is obviously a simplification but I hope illustrates why the set-up.exe is important. Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *Use Legacy Search - see My Blogs* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:09:04 + Sherry, This is basically what I was suggesting to Diane, except I suggested copying the whole of the Legacy folder. Perhaps you could clear up a muddle in my own mind. When we get an update from Legacy does this update provide a new .exe file or does the update alter just the components within the already installed programme? I had assumed the latter but if a minor update does provide an updated .exe file then I can see why you have suggested saving just a copy of Legacy6Setup.exe. If the update alters the components within the already installed programme and not the .exe file then we are probably safer copying the whole folder as I suggested. If updates supply a new .exe file each time I would be very happy just to save the Legacy6Setup.exe to flash. I have in my mind the problem people had a few weeks back when they started to download the update, couldn't do it and in the end ended up with their original software not working and no backup. Best wishes David S Brookes Polesworth N. Warks England -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sherry/Support Sent: 28 December 2006 17:14 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Diane, 1. Save a copy of the Legacy6Setup.exe file to the flash drive, if you wish to install Legacy on another computer. Make sure that you selected the Download Full Setup option when you downloaded the Legacy setup file. 2. No need to do a gedcom unless you're sharing with a non-Legacy user. You just want to do a backup of the Family File. Go to http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Tips.asp, where you'll find an article under Backing Up and Restoring Family Files. 3. I enter the data into the file on the flash drive and back up to the hard drive. The flash drive is not a good backup medium because they're small, easily lost or stolen and fragile. 4. I have a 256 MB drive which holds my Family Files with no problem. If you have a lot of pictures you're going to put
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
David, Please see below Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *Use Legacy Search - see My Blogs* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:00:43 + Hi Ron/Sherry, The way I have always understood things is that the Legacy6Setup.exe is the file that installed and built the programme on the computer. Therefore if you save this file, this will enable you to install/build the programme again is for some reason the programme folder was completely deleted from your computer. Am I right? Not entirely. It can be used to install on a different computer or another drive. If so, that brings me to updates. If we update for e.g from .117 to .118 and we do so from 'within Legacy', in other words with the programme open (I know it shuts down the programme once the process has started etc) does the update provide a new Legacy6Setup.exe file (which is in any case in the Legacy programme folder) or does it update the individual components of the folder/registry without touching the LegacySetup? If you look at the LegacySetup properties it always shows as File Version 6.0.0.0. I would have expected it to read 6.0.0.118.? As I understand it, it does not amend the set-up.exe in one's folder but only alters the files and register entries. However, the version on the Legacy website is always the latest. If you then save the Legacy6Setup to flash after having 'downloaded' .118 and find you need to reinstall the programme or install on a different computer, will it install 6.0.0.0 or 6.0.0.118 or do you need to copy the whole Legacy folder to get .118? You only need to transfer the set-up.exe (and of course the Data files), but in doing so all the user settings will be lost. To retain these I *think* one would have to transfer the Legacy folder and then run the set-up.exe. Sherry would need to clarify this point. Hope this makes some sense!! Best wishes David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: 29 December 2006 10:32 To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. David, I know your email was addressed to Sherry but it is rather more of a general question rather than being specific to Legacy, so please forgive me for jumping in. The point is that if you copy the .exe of any program to another computer that is all you have done. What has not been done is to copy the information regarding where all the component files are stored to the Register. So when the .exe file is run it does not know where the files are. This is why when a program is downloaded it also has to be installed as well. The set-up.exe file of any program tells the Register where on the Hard Drive it has put all the above information so that when you run the .exe file it can check the Register, find the file it wants and then carry out the instructions. This is obviously a simplification but I hope illustrates why the set-up.exe is important. Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *Use Legacy Search - see My Blogs* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:09:04 + Sherry, This is basically what I was suggesting to Diane, except I suggested copying the whole of the Legacy folder. Perhaps you could clear up a muddle in my own mind. When we get an update from Legacy does this update provide a new .exe file or does the update alter just the components within the already installed programme? I had assumed the latter but if a minor update does provide an updated .exe file then I can see why you have suggested saving just a copy of Legacy6Setup.exe. If the update alters the components within the already installed programme and not the .exe file then we are probably safer copying the whole folder as I suggested. If updates supply a new .exe file each time I would be very happy just to save the Legacy6Setup.exe to flash. I have in my mind the problem people had a few weeks back when they started to download the update
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
David, The Legacy6Setup.exe file which is in the Legacy folder is the same as the Install from the Web file and not the full setup file. To run that file you will need access to the internet as it goes back to our website to complete the install. 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 David S Brookes Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 4:01 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hi Ron/Sherry, The way I have always understood things is that the Legacy6Setup.exe is the file that installed and built the programme on the computer. Therefore if you save this file, this will enable you to install/build the programme again is for some reason the programme folder was completely deleted from your computer. Am I right? If so, that brings me to updates. If we update for e.g from .117 to .118 and we do so from 'within Legacy', in other words with the programme open (I know it shuts down the programme once the process has started etc) does the update provide a new Legacy6Setup.exe file (which is in any case in the Legacy programme folder) or does it update the individual components of the folder/registry without touching the LegacySetup? If you look at the LegacySetup properties it always shows as File Version 6.0.0.0. I would have expected it to read 6.0.0.118.? If you then save the Legacy6Setup to flash after having 'downloaded' .118 and find you need to reinstall the programme or install on a different computer, will it install 6.0.0.0 or 6.0.0.118 or do you need to copy the whole Legacy folder to get .118? Hope this makes some sense!! Best wishes David *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
The Legacy.usr file is the main one that holds the settings in Options Customize and if you wish to save those for any reason, you can certainly do that. The legacy.usr is the only one I'd worry about saving since it holds the most options and settings. Also, if you're concerned about saving the Legacy folder to save your files in the event the hard drive crashes, you might want to save reports, color schemes that you've created, saved report settings (for frequently used reports), files in the c:\Legacy\Data folder and the Legacy.usr file. When you uninstall Legacy, only those components which Legacy installs are removed. Other items that *you* create are protected, such as reports, saved report settings, usr files, saved color schemes, web pages, files in the Data folder, etc. It's always best to just download the latest build of Legacy from our website if you need to restore the program for any reason. Otherwise, you'll do an install from your saved Legacy6Setup.exe file and will still need to go to the website to check for an update. 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 ronald ferguson Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 5:08 AM To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. David, Please see below Ron Ferguson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:00:43 + snip If you then save the Legacy6Setup to flash after having 'downloaded' .118 and find you need to reinstall the programme or install on a different computer, will it install 6.0.0.0 or 6.0.0.118 or do you need to copy the whole Legacy folder to get .118? You only need to transfer the set-up.exe (and of course the Data files), but in doing so all the user settings will be lost. To retain these I *think* one would have to transfer the Legacy folder and then run the set-up.exe. Sherry would need to clarify this point. *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Ron, (and Sherry) Thanks for your reply: Not entirely. It can be used to install on a different computer or another drive. I was aware of this - just didn't write it in. Interesting reply from Sherry. I think in future I will keep only a copy of the latest Download Full Setup file in case we have a problem anything like what we had a few weeks ago. I tend not to use reports very much etc and in any case if you build your genealogy quickly or make lots of alterations, they become out of date and are fairly easy to produce anyway. As regard to colours etc - well it reminds me of the day I went to buy a new mobile 'phone. After deciding upon the model, the salesman proudly announced they had an offer with 5 different coloured changeable covers - my reply, 'Now be honest. Do I look like the sort of person who is going to want to be changing colour according to the occasion'? He quickly looked me up and down, placed the covers back under the counter and quietly completed the sale! Keep up the good work! Happy New Year to you both, and to all our readers. David S Brookes Polesworth N Warks. England _ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: 29 December 2006 13:08 To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. David, Please see below Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *Use Legacy Search - see My Blogs* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:00:43 + Hi Ron/Sherry, The way I have always understood things is that the Legacy6Setup.exe is the file that installed and built the programme on the computer. Therefore if you save this file, this will enable you to install/build the programme again is for some reason the programme folder was completely deleted from your computer. Am I right? Not entirely. It can be used to install on a different computer or another drive. If so, that brings me to updates. If we update for e.g from .117 to .118 and we do so from 'within Legacy', in other words with the programme open (I know it shuts down the programme once the process has started etc) does the update provide a new Legacy6Setup.exe file (which is in any case in the Legacy programme folder) or does it update the individual components of the folder/registry without touching the LegacySetup? If you look at the LegacySetup properties it always shows as File Version 6.0.0.0. I would have expected it to read 6.0.0.118.? As I understand it, it does not amend the set-up.exe in one's folder but only alters the files and register entries. However, the version on the Legacy website is always the latest. If you then save the Legacy6Setup to flash after having 'downloaded' .118 and find you need to reinstall the programme or install on a different computer, will it install 6.0.0.0 or 6.0.0.118 or do you need to copy the whole Legacy folder to get .118? You only need to transfer the set-up.exe (and of course the Data files), but in doing so all the user settings will be lost. To retain these I *think* one would have to transfer the Legacy folder and then run the set-up.exe. Sherry would need to clarify this point. Hope this makes some sense!! Best wishes David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: 29 December 2006 10:32 To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. David, I know your email was addressed to Sherry but it is rather more of a general question rather than being specific to Legacy, so please forgive me for jumping in. The point is that if you copy the .exe of any program to another computer that is all you have done. What has not been done is to copy the information regarding where all the component files are stored to the Register. So when the .exe file is run it does not know where the files are. This is why when a program is downloaded it also has to be installed as well. The set-up.exe file of any program tells the Register where on the Hard Drive it has put all the above information so that when you run the .exe file it can check the Register, find the file it wants and then carry out the instructions. This is obviously a simplification but I hope illustrates why the set-up.exe is important. Ron Ferguson
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Well Thank you for all of the answers that I have received about flash drives. Now for the final questions hopefully. 1 I understand that I should download Legacy to this flash drive. 2 Do a gedcom of my info onto this drive. 3 When I enter info on one computer do a backup to the flash drive then do a restore onto the other computer. 4 get at least a 2g drive, and maybe put on family file on each drive. Do this seem to sum it up? You have all been very helpful. Thank you Diane *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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Hi Diane, I agree with 1 4 but not 2 or 3. I have not followed all the replies so there may be good reason, but can't see the reason for the GEDCOM. I personally disagree with 3. I keep my working Legacy data file on my flash drive, together with all my multimedia, which I use directly from the flash drive. I back up both data and multimedia as zip files (Legacy asks if you want this to happen when you close the programme) on one or all of the computers I use. That way I don't have to do any restore every time I swap computers. The only time I use the zipped back up files is if the data on the flash drive gets corrupt or I loose the flash drive. In this case I go to the computer I used last and unzip. Fortunately I have never has to do this. Best of luck, Happy New Year, when it comes! David S Brookes Polesworth N. Warks. England -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diane nault Sent: 28 December 2006 11:28 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Well Thank you for all of the answers that I have received about flash drives. Now for the final questions hopefully. 1 I understand that I should download Legacy to this flash drive. 2 Do a gedcom of my info onto this drive. 3 When I enter info on one computer do a backup to the flash drive then do a restore onto the other computer. 4 get at least a 2g drive, and maybe put on family file on each drive. Do this seem to sum it up? You have all been very helpful. Thank you Diane *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
the flash drive gets corrupt or I loose the flash drive. That would be one of my main concerns: losing the flash drive and having that info fall in the wrong hands. Do you encrypt the data on the flash drive and does that not affect the speed of use? Jeff David S Brookes wrote: Hi Diane, I agree with 1 4 but not 2 or 3. I have not followed all the replies so there may be good reason, but can't see the reason for the GEDCOM. I personally disagree with 3. I keep my working Legacy data file on my flash drive, together with all my multimedia, which I use directly from the flash drive. I back up both data and multimedia as zip files (Legacy asks if you want this to happen when you close the programme) on one or all of the computers I use. That way I don't have to do any restore every time I swap computers. The only time I use the zipped back up files is if the data on the flash drive gets corrupt or I loose the flash drive. In this case I go to the computer I used last and unzip. Fortunately I have never has to do this. Best of luck, Happy New Year, when it comes! David S Brookes Polesworth N. Warks. England -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diane nault Sent: 28 December 2006 11:28 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Well Thank you for all of the answers that I have received about flash drives. Now for the final questions hopefully. 1 I understand that I should download Legacy to this flash drive. 2 Do a gedcom of my info onto this drive. 3 When I enter info on one computer do a backup to the flash drive then do a restore onto the other computer. 4 get at least a 2g drive, and maybe put on family file on each drive. Do this seem to sum it up? You have all been very helpful. Thank you Diane *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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I agree with David Put your ACTUAL data files on your flash drive (drive e: or whatever it shows up as on your computer.). don't have the data files on your computers. Direct Legacy to work with the files on the flash drive. When you leave Legacy and it asks if you want to do a backup - backup the files to the Hard Drive on the computer you are using at the time. This way, you are always working with your up to date data files no matter which computer you are on (so you don't modify it on one computer - then have out of date info on the other) - and you also have backups on a couple of computers. Having the Legacy program setup on the flash drive is handy if you need to use a computer that doesn't have Legacy you can't actually run the Legacy program from the flash drive without having some other program going that allows that (which I don't know anything about.) Hope this helps! Heather Stovold (nee McCaslin) Researching: McCaslin, Craven, Smart, Ward and Stovold *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Diane, 1. Save a copy of the Legacy6Setup.exe file to the flash drive, if you wish to install Legacy on another computer. Make sure that you selected the Download Full Setup option when you downloaded the Legacy setup file. 2. No need to do a gedcom unless you're sharing with a non-Legacy user. You just want to do a backup of the Family File. Go to http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Tips.asp, where you'll find an article under Backing Up and Restoring Family Files. 3. I enter the data into the file on the flash drive and back up to the hard drive. The flash drive is not a good backup medium because they're small, easily lost or stolen and fragile. 4. I have a 256 MB drive which holds my Family Files with no problem. If you have a lot of pictures you're going to put on the flash drive, you'll want one large enough to hold those also. Of course, since the 2 GB drives are so much cheaper now (you can buy one for what I paid for my 256 drive!), might as well get the best bang for your buck. The Legacy6Setup.exe file is only 27 MB in size. 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 Diane nault Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 3:28 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Well Thank you for all of the answers that I have received about flash drives. Now for the final questions hopefully. 1 I understand that I should download Legacy to this flash drive. 2 Do a gedcom of my info onto this drive. 3 When I enter info on one computer do a backup to the flash drive then do a restore onto the other computer. 4 get at least a 2g drive, and maybe put on family file on each drive. Do this seem to sum it up? You have all been very helpful. Thank you Diane *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Another removable drive method . . . I also have my files on a flash/zip/jump/whatever drive but do things slightly different to what's already been mentioned. My Legacy database has links to so many graphics -- all census pages, registrations, certificates, newspaper clippings, etc. -- that there is not yet a mini-drive available that will hold them all. But I still need to run Legacy on both a desktop and a laptop computer. So I have my Legacy database on the removable drive and the multimedia files are duplicated on the hard drives of both computers. The removable drive also contains some small files that automatically make a backup whenever it is inserted into one of my computers (and when the computer is started with the removable drive in place), and they also automatically keep the multimedia files in synch on both computers. Doing things this way means the removable drive need only be slightly larger than the database and both computers contain full backups of all data. Before I get told these backups are inadequate I should mention that I also have off-site backups on the Internet (also automated). Setting up the files and computers to do all this can get a bit complex but I believe it is well worth the effort. Cheers, -- Dave -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
How much space do you need for your multimedia stuff? I use a 40 GB USB drive for my Legacy data AND all my multimedia. These pocket USB drives are now available as large as 120GB for around $100 dollars. On 12/28/06, Dave Naylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another removable drive method . . . I also have my files on a flash/zip/jump/whatever drive but do things slightly different to what's already been mentioned. My Legacy database has links to so many graphics -- all census pages, registrations, certificates, newspaper clippings, etc. -- that there is not yet a mini-drive available that will hold them all. But I still need to run Legacy on both a desktop and a laptop computer. So I have my Legacy database on the removable drive and the multimedia files are duplicated on the hard drives of both computers. The removable drive also contains some small files that automatically make a backup whenever it is inserted into one of my computers (and when the computer is started with the removable drive in place), and they also automatically keep the multimedia files in synch on both computers. Doing things this way means the removable drive need only be slightly larger than the database and both computers contain full backups of all data. Before I get told these backups are inadequate I should mention that I also have off-site backups on the Internet (also automated). Setting up the files and computers to do all this can get a bit complex but I believe it is well worth the effort. Cheers, -- Dave -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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Thank you Sherry, This is a big help, this is what I needed to know. Diane From: Sherry/Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:13:55 -0800 Diane, 1. Save a copy of the Legacy6Setup.exe file to the flash drive, if you wish to install Legacy on another computer. Make sure that you selected the Download Full Setup option when you downloaded the Legacy setup file. 2. No need to do a gedcom unless you're sharing with a non-Legacy user. You just want to do a backup of the Family File. Go to http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Tips.asp, where you'll find an article under Backing Up and Restoring Family Files. 3. I enter the data into the file on the flash drive and back up to the hard drive. The flash drive is not a good backup medium because they're small, easily lost or stolen and fragile. 4. I have a 256 MB drive which holds my Family Files with no problem. If you have a lot of pictures you're going to put on the flash drive, you'll want one large enough to hold those also. Of course, since the 2 GB drives are so much cheaper now (you can buy one for what I paid for my 256 drive!), might as well get the best bang for your buck. The Legacy6Setup.exe file is only 27 MB in size. 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 Diane nault Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 3:28 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Well Thank you for all of the answers that I have received about flash drives. Now for the final questions hopefully. 1 I understand that I should download Legacy to this flash drive. 2 Do a gedcom of my info onto this drive. 3 When I enter info on one computer do a backup to the flash drive then do a restore onto the other computer. 4 get at least a 2g drive, and maybe put on family file on each drive. Do this seem to sum it up? You have all been very helpful. Thank you Diane *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
You use the Legacy backup on the first computer and then the Legacy Restore on the second. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diane nault Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 06:57 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Thank you everyone for the answers. It seems as though most of you are using flash drives. So I guess I will invest in one. Any particulars on this? Also when I back up the files from one computer to another, I would just backup using the backup feature to the flash drive, and how do I put the backup on the other computer? I can't find a way to do that, what file does it go in, just Legacy.As you can see I am not that knowlegeable in this... Thank you, you have all been very helpful. Diane From: Glen Ballard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:00:40 -0800 Diane, I use a flash drive. I keep my data on the flash drive and back up to the desktop laptop computers. This way, I can take my data with me and use any computer that has Legacy installed on it. 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: Diane nault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 10:15 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hello, I have recently bought a laptop and I also have a desk top. I enter info on both and would like to know the best way to transfer the new info to either one? Thank you Diane *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Diane, I keep an run the Legacy database ( your data file) from the flash drive. I don't worry about backing up and then restoring the file from one computer to another. I think this is where the confusion lies. When you exit Legacy on both computers, and you have made changes to your data, it will prompt to backup. Say yes and save the backup file to a place on the local (C:\) drive. If you ever have a problem with the data on your flash drive, you will just restore the file from the computer you used last to either the same flash drive or a new one. (This is how I recommend the use of a Flash drive to the patrons who visit the Family History Center that I work at. I have converted many to this usage and they all love it.) Glen Ballard P.S. I have been carrying the same flash drive in my pocket bouncing around with my car keys for 1 1/2 years and I use it every day. P.P.S. There are those who use the flash drive as the backup location. (In my opinion, this only leads to possible problems of backing up or restoring to the wrong machine and losing a lot of your work. --- 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: Diane nault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 3:57 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Thank you everyone for the answers. It seems as though most of you are using flash drives. So I guess I will invest in one. Any particulars on this? Also when I back up the files from one computer to another, I would just backup using the backup feature to the flash drive, and how do I put the backup on the other computer? I can't find a way to do that, what file does it go in, just Legacy.As you can see I am not that knowlegeable in this... Thank you, you have all been very helpful. Diane From: Glen Ballard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:00:40 -0800 Diane, I use a flash drive. I keep my data on the flash drive and back up to the desktop laptop computers. This way, I can take my data with me and use any computer that has Legacy installed on it. 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: Diane nault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 10:15 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hello, I have recently bought a laptop and I also have a desk top. I enter info on both and would like to know the best way to transfer the new info to either one? Thank you Diane *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Hi Diane Firstly when you buy a flash drive you will need one large enough to take all the information you wish to put on it. I use a 2Gb at the moment, but my files are fairly small therefore I have room to expand. I know there are folk on the LUG who have huge Legacy files. I would go for as big a drive as you can afford, but I would avoid the very small ones. I use my flash drive to keep on it my legacy family file which I call 'My Family'. I also keep my multimedia files on the same flash drive and a copy of the legacy programme file as a backup. This is the way I organize it: I copy the entire contents of the Legacy File from my programmes file to the flash drive. This creates an identical 'Legacy' file which, in case of emergencies I can copy back on to my hard drive in the Programmes folder. There have been several discussions in the Legacy User Group as to the usefulness backing up the legacy programme file. I then create another folder which I call 'Family Tree'. Inside this folder I copy my Family tree Legacy Data file which I call 'My Family' - yours may be called something else according to what you decided to call it. I keep all my multimedia files that I use with Legacy in two folder which I call 'My Family Photos' and 'My Family Sources'. I copy both these folders and their contents into the 'Family Tree' Folder. I then create a shortcut of the 'My Family' file to the desktop on my computer. You then need to run the Legacy programme making sure it is pointing to the file on your flash drive. (When you have started Legacy, go to FileOpen Family File. Where it has 'Look in', click on the little arrow, go to your flash drive, click on family tree folder and you should find the 'My Family' file. If you click on it you will have opened the file on your flash drive. Next, you need to make sure all your photo's, sources etc are found - remember you have moved these to a new location on your flash drive also. Do this by going to OptionsCustomize and then the Locations tab. Click on 'Test All Multimedia Paths' and make sure everything is pointing to the multimedia files you have on your flash drive. When you have gone through this process once, the files on your flash drive should work first time, every time. Earlier, we created a shortcut to your desktop. In future all you need to do is click on this and it will open your files on the flash drive first time, in the Legacy programme. When you come out of the Legacy programme, you should be prompted to save the zipped version of the file. Save the Legacy File and the Multimedia file to somewhere on your PC - not on the flash drive (in case it fails, or you lose it!) You will then be able to recover everything. Only when you are sure everything works, delete the old (in my case) 'My Family File', 'My Family Photos' and 'My Family Sources' from the PC - careful not to delete from the flash drive. All your data is now on the flash drive, and working, with no other duplicate files on your computers - other than the zipped backups. Hope this makes some kind of sense - please don't delete from your hard drive until you are sure everything is working from your flash drive. This process you only need to do once - from then on it's all plain sailing. Best wishes David S Brookes Polesworth N Warks England -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diane nault Sent: 26 December 2006 11:57 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Thank you everyone for the answers. It seems as though most of you are using flash drives. So I guess I will invest in one. Any particulars on this? Also when I back up the files from one computer to another, I would just backup using the backup feature to the flash drive, and how do I put the backup on the other computer? I can't find a way to do that, what file does it go in, just Legacy.As you can see I am not that knowlegeable in this... Thank you, you have all been very helpful. Diane From: Glen Ballard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:00:40 -0800 Diane, I use a flash drive. I keep my data on the flash drive and back up to the desktop laptop computers. This way, I can take my data with me and use any computer that has Legacy installed on it. 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: Diane nault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
This (see below) is how I am doing it for years now except of entering findings in a separate document while out doing research. (although I do make copies of records with a lot of info in it) I think this is a very good tip, I am always with that bit of an uneasy feeling, I need to remember what I have done and thoroughly check it at home. By using a document you also prevent mistakes due to hasty input because you want as much work possible done and you are able to copy and paste Thanks Wendy!! regards, Keren Wendy Howard wrote: snip My method is to have the working copy on my desktop computer, and a reference copy on the laptop. I *only* alter the data on the desktop/working copy (bar one exception, see below), and when I'm about to head out somewhere I transfer a fresh up-to-date copy to the desktop via the network we have running in the house. A flash drive would also do nicely if the network wasn't there. When I'm out and about doing research, I record my findings in a separate document (OpenOffice, as it happens), which I then copy to my desktop when I get home and enter the data into Legacy on the desktop, too. The only time I alter the Legacy data on the laptop/reference copy is when I'm working through the ToDo list, in which case I close items that I've done as I work so I can see what is left to attend to. Of course, the items on the desktop/working copy will need to be altered later on as well, so this is a duplication, but I can live with that; on the reference copy all I do is mark an item Closed, on the working copy I'll also enter details about what the research found. snip *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution)
None of this will be of any help if your house burns down or gets hit by a tornado. No matter how many copies you have IN the house, you'll be out of luck. Buy an extra flash drive ... back up to that at least once a month ... and get it out of the house. Take it to the office ... leave it at a friend's house a few miles away ... put it in a safe deposit box ... etc ... etc. Bob *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution)
A flash drive must have a life, at which time the battery would expire and you would lose your data. I make multiple CD copies and store them in different locations for secure backups. Marty McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTE: All messages scanned for virus using Norton Antivirus prior to sending. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Bashford Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:02 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution) None of this will be of any help if your house burns down or gets hit by a tornado. No matter how many copies you have IN the house, you'll be out of luck. Buy an extra flash drive ... back up to that at least once a month ... and get it out of the house. Take it to the office ... leave it at a friend's house a few miles away ... put it in a safe deposit box ... etc ... etc. Bob *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution)
I agree with keeping a backup copy off site. Disasters like Hurricane Katrina or a house fire might be relatively rare, but they do happen from time to time. Thanks, Jim Terry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree www.legacyfamilytree.com - Original Message - From: Bob Bashford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution) None of this will be of any help if your house burns down or gets hit by a tornado. No matter how many copies you have IN the house, you'll be out of luck. Buy an extra flash drive ... back up to that at least once a month ... and get it out of the house. Take it to the office ... leave it at a friend's house a few miles away ... put it in a safe deposit box ... etc ... etc. Bob *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Hi Diane (and David) David's answer is basically the same as I do now. Before December I only had my data and photos on the flash drive. When we went to my daughter's house in Texas I took the flash intending to do some work while there. Well, her computer had version 4 of Legacy and a VERY slow dial-up internet connection (19 kbs at best) so I could not download the new version of Legacy. That means I did not get any work put on the flash drive and had to do hard copies of everything and put it on when we got home last week. That is when I got smart and downloaded the program to my flash drive and installed it. Now I don't have to worry if anyone's computer has the program or not - it is all on the flash drive. BTW, Some computers have the old USB ports (1.0 or 1.1). The newer flash drives are USB 2 but they WILL work on the others - they just will be slower. I would not get any flash drive smaller than a 1G and that should last you through 15,000 +/- people and a lot of photos. Now that the flash drive is out of the way - you can also buy an external drive that connects by USB. I have one that is 40G and cost about $150 in 2005 (they are much cheaper now). The drives are about the size of a CD holder. You could always use this as the drive for ALL of your legacy program, data, photos etc. and be able to take it anywhere with you. The only drawback to this system is that you have a power cable and USB cable to keep track of. I use this drive (external) to back up ALL my data, photos, music, recipes, etc, etc.; I backup new data to this drive at least every two weeks. My husband has his own computer (we are networked) and I also have his data backed up on this external drive. No matter which option you choose be sure that you have a backup on a drive other than your C drive (besides the zip) because one day you will loose a drive and usually it is the drive used for all your programs. Good luck with whatever you decide, Myrna Jorgensen in sunny, windy, cool, Mexico *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Myrna, Legacy doesn't run directly from the flash drive. There are files that Legacy depends on that might not be on a computer unless it has Legacy already installed. I keep the Legacy6Setup.exe file on my flash drive and can install it on any computer as the standard version of Legacy. Glen Ballard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:01 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hi Diane (and David) David's answer is basically the same as I do now. Before December I only had my data and photos on the flash drive. When we went to my daughter's house in Texas I took the flash intending to do some work while there. Well, her computer had version 4 of Legacy and a VERY slow dial-up internet connection (19 kbs at best) so I could not download the new version of Legacy. That means I did not get any work put on the flash drive and had to do hard copies of everything and put it on when we got home last week. That is when I got smart and downloaded the program to my flash drive and installed it. Now I don't have to worry if anyone's computer has the program or not - it is all on the flash drive. BTW, Some computers have the old USB ports (1.0 or 1.1). The newer flash drives are USB 2 but they WILL work on the others - they just will be slower. I would not get any flash drive smaller than a 1G and that should last you through 15,000 +/- people and a lot of photos. Now that the flash drive is out of the way - you can also buy an external drive that connects by USB. I have one that is 40G and cost about $150 in 2005 (they are much cheaper now). The drives are about the size of a CD holder. You could always use this as the drive for ALL of your legacy program, data, photos etc. and be able to take it anywhere with you. The only drawback to this system is that you have a power cable and USB cable to keep track of. I use this drive (external) to back up ALL my data, photos, music, recipes, etc, etc.; I backup new data to this drive at least every two weeks. My husband has his own computer (we are networked) and I also have his data backed up on this external drive. No matter which option you choose be sure that you have a backup on a drive other than your C drive (besides the zip) because one day you will loose a drive and usually it is the drive used for all your programs. Good luck with whatever you decide, Myrna Jorgensen in sunny, windy, cool, Mexico *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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As back up away from the house, I put it on a zip disk or CD and every few months give it to my parents, they put it in their fire protected safe. I also have the date zipped and protected with a password mailed to my G-mail account. rgrds, Keren *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution)
I suppose all things have a life or all things are not invicible but Flash drives do not have batteries. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marty McMahon Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 12:47 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution) A flash drive must have a life, at which time the battery would expire and you would lose your data. I make multiple CD copies and store them in different locations for secure backups. Marty McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTE: All messages scanned for virus using Norton Antivirus prior to sending. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Bashford Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:02 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution) None of this will be of any help if your house burns down or gets hit by a tornado. No matter how many copies you have IN the house, you'll be out of luck. Buy an extra flash drive ... back up to that at least once a month ... and get it out of the house. Take it to the office ... leave it at a friend's house a few miles away ... put it in a safe deposit box ... etc ... etc. Bob *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution)
I have been told CDs don't have a long shelf life either. Who knows! Sharon Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Marty McMahon" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.comTo: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.comSubject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution)Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:47:09 -0800A flash drive must have a "life", at which time the "battery" would expireand you would lose your data. I make multiple CD copies and store them indifferent locations for secure backups.Marty McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED]NOTE: All messages scanned for virus using Norton Antivirus prior tosending. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Bashford Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:02 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution) None of this will be of any help if your house burns down or gets hit by a tornado. No matter how many copies you have IN the house, you'll be out of luck. Buy an extra flash drive ... back up to that at least once a month ... and get it out of the house. Take it to the office ... leave it at a friend's house a few miles away ... put it in a safe deposit box ... etc ... etc. Bob*** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. ***Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.aspTo find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.aspTo unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Find sales, coupons, and free shipping, all in one place! MSN Shopping Sales & Deals *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. ***Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.aspTo find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.aspTo unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
What happens to a data file created in Legacy 6 Deluxe, and then pulled into Legacy 6 Standard and work done and then backed up ... what happens to the items that were in Deluxe mode when they travel to Standard mode and then moved back into Deluxe mode? Does any data get lost? I use a Seagate 5 gig mini hard drive for my Legacy data. I think it's a great idea to store an uninstalled version of the software on the drive, also. Laura Grant Velez -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Ballard Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 12:20 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Myrna, Legacy doesn't run directly from the flash drive. There are files that Legacy depends on that might not be on a computer unless it has Legacy already installed. I keep the Legacy6Setup.exe file on my flash drive and can install it on any computer as the standard version of Legacy. Glen Ballard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:01 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hi Diane (and David) David's answer is basically the same as I do now. Before December I only had my data and photos on the flash drive. When we went to my daughter's house in Texas I took the flash intending to do some work while there. Well, her computer had version 4 of Legacy and a VERY slow dial-up internet connection (19 kbs at best) so I could not download the new version of Legacy. That means I did not get any work put on the flash drive and had to do hard copies of everything and put it on when we got home last week. That is when I got smart and downloaded the program to my flash drive and installed it. Now I don't have to worry if anyone's computer has the program or not - it is all on the flash drive. BTW, Some computers have the old USB ports (1.0 or 1.1). The newer flash drives are USB 2 but they WILL work on the others - they just will be slower. I would not get any flash drive smaller than a 1G and that should last you through 15,000 +/- people and a lot of photos. Now that the flash drive is out of the way - you can also buy an external drive that connects by USB. I have one that is 40G and cost about $150 in 2005 (they are much cheaper now). The drives are about the size of a CD holder. You could always use this as the drive for ALL of your legacy program, data, photos etc. and be able to take it anywhere with you. The only drawback to this system is that you have a power cable and USB cable to keep track of. I use this drive (external) to back up ALL my data, photos, music, recipes, etc, etc.; I backup new data to this drive at least every two weeks. My husband has his own computer (we are networked) and I also have his data backed up on this external drive. No matter which option you choose be sure that you have a backup on a drive other than your C drive (besides the zip) because one day you will loose a drive and usually it is the drive used for all your programs. Good luck with whatever you decide, Myrna Jorgensen in sunny, windy, cool, Mexico *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Thanks for the tip, Glen. I will do that. It wont take up as much room either. I had forgotten that Legacy would not run on a flash drive so THANKS for reminding me. That will still work and I can then put the program on her computer. She never uses the PC, just her laptop and the kids use the PC for homework and I wont even have to connect to her slow internet service. About the backups off-site: I have a CD at a friends house and also send the backup zip files to myself at my gmail e-mail address once a month. Yes, I know, I am paranoid. I may loose all my printed copies, genealogy books and CDs to a fire or flood but at least my data will be somewhere - as long as the internet doesn't disappear. Myrna *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution)
What battery? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marty McMahon Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 11:47 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution) A flash drive must have a life, at which time the battery would expire and you would lose your data. I make multiple CD copies and store them in different locations for secure backups. Marty McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTE: All messages scanned for virus using Norton Antivirus prior to sending. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Bashford Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:02 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution) None of this will be of any help if your house burns down or gets hit by a tornado. No matter how many copies you have IN the house, you'll be out of luck. Buy an extra flash drive ... back up to that at least once a month ... and get it out of the house. Take it to the office ... leave it at a friend's house a few miles away ... put it in a safe deposit box ... etc ... etc. Bob *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
I basically do the same thing. I use a jump drive as well as an external pocket sized hard drive with 40GB. It works great. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 12:01 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hi Diane (and David) David's answer is basically the same as I do now. Before December I only had my data and photos on the flash drive. When we went to my daughter's house in Texas I took the flash intending to do some work while there. Well, her computer had version 4 of Legacy and a VERY slow dial-up internet connection (19 kbs at best) so I could not download the new version of Legacy. That means I did not get any work put on the flash drive and had to do hard copies of everything and put it on when we got home last week. That is when I got smart and downloaded the program to my flash drive and installed it. Now I don't have to worry if anyone's computer has the program or not - it is all on the flash drive. BTW, Some computers have the old USB ports (1.0 or 1.1). The newer flash drives are USB 2 but they WILL work on the others - they just will be slower. I would not get any flash drive smaller than a 1G and that should last you through 15,000 +/- people and a lot of photos. Now that the flash drive is out of the way - you can also buy an external drive that connects by USB. I have one that is 40G and cost about $150 in 2005 (they are much cheaper now). The drives are about the size of a CD holder. You could always use this as the drive for ALL of your legacy program, data, photos etc. and be able to take it anywhere with you. The only drawback to this system is that you have a power cable and USB cable to keep track of. I use this drive (external) to back up ALL my data, photos, music, recipes, etc, etc.; I backup new data to this drive at least every two weeks. My husband has his own computer (we are networked) and I also have his data backed up on this external drive. No matter which option you choose be sure that you have a backup on a drive other than your C drive (besides the zip) because one day you will loose a drive and usually it is the drive used for all your programs. Good luck with whatever you decide, Myrna Jorgensen in sunny, windy, cool, Mexico *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Hi Laura, This is my understanding of the situation... No data will be lost, you just won't be able to access the Deluxe features (and therefore the data stored in those areas) while using the Standard edition. When you take it back to the computer that has Deluxe, it will all be accessible again. The two editions are the same program, and therefore the same database structure. With the Standard (free) edition, some data fields are locked away, hidden from view. With Deluxe, those fields are unlocked and you can access them. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Howard Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wendyh65/ lgvelez said the following on 27/12/2006 7:58 a.m.: What happens to a data file created in Legacy 6 Deluxe, and then pulled into Legacy 6 Standard and work done and then backed up ... what happens to the items that were in Deluxe mode when they travel to Standard mode and then moved back into Deluxe mode? Does any data get lost? I use a Seagate 5 gig mini hard drive for my Legacy data. I think it's a great idea to store an uninstalled version of the software on the drive, also. Laura Grant Velez -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Ballard Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 12:20 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Myrna, Legacy doesn't run directly from the flash drive. There are files that Legacy depends on that might not be on a computer unless it has Legacy already installed. I keep the Legacy6Setup.exe file on my flash drive and can install it on any computer as the standard version of Legacy. Glen Ballard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:01 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hi Diane (and David) David's answer is basically the same as I do now. Before December I only had my data and photos on the flash drive. When we went to my daughter's house in Texas I took the flash intending to do some work while there. Well, her computer had version 4 of Legacy and a VERY slow dial-up internet connection (19 kbs at best) so I could not download the new version of Legacy. That means I did not get any work put on the flash drive and had to do hard copies of everything and put it on when we got home last week. That is when I got smart and downloaded the program to my flash drive and installed it. Now I don't have to worry if anyone's computer has the program or not - it is all on the flash drive. BTW, Some computers have the old USB ports (1.0 or 1.1). The newer flash drives are USB 2 but they WILL work on the others - they just will be slower. I would not get any flash drive smaller than a 1G and that should last you through 15,000 +/- people and a lot of photos. Now that the flash drive is out of the way - you can also buy an external drive that connects by USB. I have one that is 40G and cost about $150 in 2005 (they are much cheaper now). The drives are about the size of a CD holder. You could always use this as the drive for ALL of your legacy program, data, photos etc. and be able to take it anywhere with you. The only drawback to this system is that you have a power cable and USB cable to keep track of. I use this drive (external) to back up ALL my data, photos, music, recipes, etc, etc.; I backup new data to this drive at least every two weeks. My husband has his own computer (we are networked) and I also have his data backed up on this external drive. No matter which option you choose be sure that you have a backup on a drive other than your C drive (besides the zip) because one day you will loose a drive and usually it is the drive used for all your programs. Good luck with whatever you decide, Myrna Jorgensen in sunny, windy, cool, Mexico *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution)
William, Well, here's your chance: http://www.buy.com/prod/Simpletech_512MB_USB_2_0_Flash_Drive_Bundle_4_Pack_B oxed/q/loc/101/203514316.html 4 pack of 512MB flash drives for $15 including shipping. (After rebates) It says on the rebate form Limit 5 per part Number and I would believe a 4-pack would be 1 part number. (So you could get 20 total if that is correct) Comes to $3.75 per 512MB flash drive. Today's the last day you can take advantage of the $20 instant Google Checkout rebate from buy.com... Also, you'd have to put in 5 orders to get $20 off each order in order to get the $15 price for the 4-pack. Kevin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of WILLIAM HATHAWAY Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:35 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. (a caution) If the smaller capacity flash drives become cheap enough, writing the database and every possible Report, Chart, etc. customized for each particular relative could be a nice birthday, anniversary, wedding, reunion, etc. gift.They keep what they want, complain about corrections/errors - and can re-use the drive for whatever. Regards, Wm. Hathaway *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Thank you Wendy ... I do realize the difference between the two versions is only an unlocking serial number. It is good to know that data loss would not occur if the standard version was used on top of the deluxe version data. Laura -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wendy Howard Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:59 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hi Laura, This is my understanding of the situation... No data will be lost, you just won't be able to access the Deluxe features (and therefore the data stored in those areas) while using the Standard edition. When you take it back to the computer that has Deluxe, it will all be accessible again. The two editions are the same program, and therefore the same database structure. With the Standard (free) edition, some data fields are locked away, hidden from view. With Deluxe, those fields are unlocked and you can access them. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Howard Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wendyh65/ lgvelez said the following on 27/12/2006 7:58 a.m.: What happens to a data file created in Legacy 6 Deluxe, and then pulled into Legacy 6 Standard and work done and then backed up ... what happens to the items that were in Deluxe mode when they travel to Standard mode and then moved back into Deluxe mode? Does any data get lost? I use a Seagate 5 gig mini hard drive for my Legacy data. I think it's a great idea to store an uninstalled version of the software on the drive, also. Laura Grant Velez -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Ballard Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 12:20 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Myrna, Legacy doesn't run directly from the flash drive. There are files that Legacy depends on that might not be on a computer unless it has Legacy already installed. I keep the Legacy6Setup.exe file on my flash drive and can install it on any computer as the standard version of Legacy. Glen Ballard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:01 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hi Diane (and David) David's answer is basically the same as I do now. Before December I only had my data and photos on the flash drive. When we went to my daughter's house in Texas I took the flash intending to do some work while there. Well, her computer had version 4 of Legacy and a VERY slow dial-up internet connection (19 kbs at best) so I could not download the new version of Legacy. That means I did not get any work put on the flash drive and had to do hard copies of everything and put it on when we got home last week. That is when I got smart and downloaded the program to my flash drive and installed it. Now I don't have to worry if anyone's computer has the program or not - it is all on the flash drive. BTW, Some computers have the old USB ports (1.0 or 1.1). The newer flash drives are USB 2 but they WILL work on the others - they just will be slower. I would not get any flash drive smaller than a 1G and that should last you through 15,000 +/- people and a lot of photos. Now that the flash drive is out of the way - you can also buy an external drive that connects by USB. I have one that is 40G and cost about $150 in 2005 (they are much cheaper now). The drives are about the size of a CD holder. You could always use this as the drive for ALL of your legacy program, data, photos etc. and be able to take it anywhere with you. The only drawback to this system is that you have a power cable and USB cable to keep track of. I use this drive (external) to back up ALL my data, photos, music, recipes, etc, etc.; I backup new data to this drive at least every two weeks. My husband has his own computer (we are networked) and I also have his data backed up on this external drive. No matter which option you choose be sure that you have a backup on a drive other than your C drive (besides the zip) because one day you will loose a drive and usually it is the drive used for all your programs. Good luck with whatever you decide, Myrna Jorgensen in sunny, windy, cool, Mexico *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Laura, The standard deluxe versions are the exact program. You can add any all data in the standard version, but some views are restricted to the deluxe version. No data is lost. Some of the advanced features are also restricted to the deluxe version. Glen Ballard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lgvelez Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:59 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. What happens to a data file created in Legacy 6 Deluxe, and then pulled into Legacy 6 Standard and work done and then backed up ... what happens to the items that were in Deluxe mode when they travel to Standard mode and then moved back into Deluxe mode? Does any data get lost? I use a Seagate 5 gig mini hard drive for my Legacy data. I think it's a great idea to store an uninstalled version of the software on the drive, also. Laura Grant Velez -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Ballard Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 12:20 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Myrna, Legacy doesn't run directly from the flash drive. There are files that Legacy depends on that might not be on a computer unless it has Legacy already installed. I keep the Legacy6Setup.exe file on my flash drive and can install it on any computer as the standard version of Legacy. Glen Ballard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:01 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hi Diane (and David) David's answer is basically the same as I do now. Before December I only had my data and photos on the flash drive. When we went to my daughter's house in Texas I took the flash intending to do some work while there. Well, her computer had version 4 of Legacy and a VERY slow dial-up internet connection (19 kbs at best) so I could not download the new version of Legacy. That means I did not get any work put on the flash drive and had to do hard copies of everything and put it on when we got home last week. That is when I got smart and downloaded the program to my flash drive and installed it. Now I don't have to worry if anyone's computer has the program or not - it is all on the flash drive. BTW, Some computers have the old USB ports (1.0 or 1.1). The newer flash drives are USB 2 but they WILL work on the others - they just will be slower. I would not get any flash drive smaller than a 1G and that should last you through 15,000 +/- people and a lot of photos. Now that the flash drive is out of the way - you can also buy an external drive that connects by USB. I have one that is 40G and cost about $150 in 2005 (they are much cheaper now). The drives are about the size of a CD holder. You could always use this as the drive for ALL of your legacy program, data, photos etc. and be able to take it anywhere with you. The only drawback to this system is that you have a power cable and USB cable to keep track of. I use this drive (external) to back up ALL my data, photos, music, recipes, etc, etc.; I backup new data to this drive at least every two weeks. My husband has his own computer (we are networked) and I also have his data backed up on this external drive. No matter which option you choose be sure that you have a backup on a drive other than your C drive (besides the zip) because one day you will loose a drive and usually it is the drive used for all your programs. Good luck with whatever you decide, Myrna Jorgensen in sunny, windy, cool, Mexico *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Diane, I use a flash drive. I keep my data on the flash drive and back up to the desktop laptop computers. This way, I can take my data with me and use any computer that has Legacy installed on it. 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: Diane nault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 10:15 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hello, I have recently bought a laptop and I also have a desk top. I enter info on both and would like to know the best way to transfer the new info to either one? Thank you Diane *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
I agree, a flash drive is the easiest to use. Sharon Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Glen Ballard" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.comTo: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.comSubject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:00:40 -0800Diane,I use a flash drive. I keep my data on the flash drive and back up to thedesktop laptop computers.This way, I can take my data with me and use any computer that has Legacyinstalled on it.Glen Ballard---P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogyprogram can be downloaded FREE athttp://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=3AV63La Original Message -From: "Diane nault" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.comSent: Monday, December 25, 2006 10:15 AMSubject: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.Hello,I have recently bought a laptop and I also have a desk top. I enter info onboth and would like to know the best way to transfer the new info to eitherone?Thank youDiane*** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online athttp://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call1-800-753-3453. ***Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at:http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.aspTo find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at:http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/For online technical support, please visithttp://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.aspTo unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp*** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. ***Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.aspTo find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.aspTo unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Experience the magic of the holidays. Talk to Santa on Messenger. *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. ***Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.aspTo find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.aspTo unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Hello Diane, It would be worth looking at the free program from Microsoft called SyncToy (from the MS site) which automatically updates the data files between 2 (or more!) locations. I use it for Legacy on 3 machines here including a Laptop. It allows me to work on any machine and update all databases to the same level. Tom Beckham -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diane nault Sent: 25 December 2006 18:15 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hello, I have recently bought a laptop and I also have a desk top. I enter info on both and would like to know the best way to transfer the new info to either one? Thank you Diane *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
This is the best way to do it! I carry my flash drive to the FHC and guess-what?? They have the latest version of Legacy on their computers and all I have to do is plug my flash-drive into their usb port and I can work with my data and modify it there. Carol Elk Grove, CA _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sharon Johnson Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 11:36 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. I agree, a flash drive is the easiest to use. Sharon Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ From: Glen Ballard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:00:40 -0800 Diane, I use a flash drive. I keep my data on the flash drive and back up to the desktop laptop computers. This way, I can take my data with me and use any computer that has Legacy installed on it. 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: Diane nault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 10:15 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hello, I have recently bought a laptop and I also have a desk top. I enter info on both and would like to know the best way to transfer the new info to either one? Thank you Diane *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp _ Experience http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2743??PS=47575 the magic of the holidays. Talk to Santa on Messenger. *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Hi Diane, As you've already seen, there is more than one way to achieve the desired result. No one method is it, each has its own merits and problems and you will need to consider how they fit with you and make your own decisions. My method is to have the working copy on my desktop computer, and a reference copy on the laptop. I *only* alter the data on the desktop/working copy (bar one exception, see below), and when I'm about to head out somewhere I transfer a fresh up-to-date copy to the desktop via the network we have running in the house. A flash drive would also do nicely if the network wasn't there. When I'm out and about doing research, I record my findings in a separate document (OpenOffice, as it happens), which I then copy to my desktop when I get home and enter the data into Legacy on the desktop, too. The only time I alter the Legacy data on the laptop/reference copy is when I'm working through the ToDo list, in which case I close items that I've done as I work so I can see what is left to attend to. Of course, the items on the desktop/working copy will need to be altered later on as well, so this is a duplication, but I can live with that; on the reference copy all I do is mark an item Closed, on the working copy I'll also enter details about what the research found. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Howard Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wendyh65/ *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
Hi. Have tried various ways. To me the best way is to run the database on a flash/ pen drive (and put all media files on the flash drive too). This way you are using the same database. I then do the zip backup to my desktop computer. Merry Christmas David S Brookes Polesworth N.Warks. England -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wendy Howard Sent: 25 December 2006 20:21 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hi Diane, As you've already seen, there is more than one way to achieve the desired result. No one method is it, each has its own merits and problems and you will need to consider how they fit with you and make your own decisions. My method is to have the working copy on my desktop computer, and a reference copy on the laptop. I *only* alter the data on the desktop/working copy (bar one exception, see below), and when I'm about to head out somewhere I transfer a fresh up-to-date copy to the desktop via the network we have running in the house. A flash drive would also do nicely if the network wasn't there. When I'm out and about doing research, I record my findings in a separate document (OpenOffice, as it happens), which I then copy to my desktop when I get home and enter the data into Legacy on the desktop, too. The only time I alter the Legacy data on the laptop/reference copy is when I'm working through the ToDo list, in which case I close items that I've done as I work so I can see what is left to attend to. Of course, the items on the desktop/working copy will need to be altered later on as well, so this is a duplication, but I can live with that; on the reference copy all I do is mark an item Closed, on the working copy I'll also enter details about what the research found. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Howard Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wendyh65/ *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers.
One more vote for keeping your Legacy multimedia files on a USB/pen drive with the Legacy program installed on both the desktop and the laptop. Perform backups to the hard drives on whichever computer you are using. This way, you never have to be concerned with syncronization and you have your data file on three different drives (master on the USB drive, backups on both the desktop and the laptop hard drives). I can't think of any disadvantages to this setup. On 12/25/06, David S Brookes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Have tried various ways. To me the best way is to run the database on a flash/ pen drive (and put all media files on the flash drive too). This way you are using the same database. I then do the zip backup to my desktop computer. Merry Christmas David S Brookes Polesworth N.Warks. England -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wendy Howard Sent: 25 December 2006 20:21 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hi Diane, As you've already seen, there is more than one way to achieve the desired result. No one method is it, each has its own merits and problems and you will need to consider how they fit with you and make your own decisions. My method is to have the working copy on my desktop computer, and a reference copy on the laptop. I *only* alter the data on the desktop/working copy (bar one exception, see below), and when I'm about to head out somewhere I transfer a fresh up-to-date copy to the desktop via the network we have running in the house. A flash drive would also do nicely if the network wasn't there. When I'm out and about doing research, I record my findings in a separate document (OpenOffice, as it happens), which I then copy to my desktop when I get home and enter the data into Legacy on the desktop, too. The only time I alter the Legacy data on the laptop/reference copy is when I'm working through the ToDo list, in which case I close items that I've done as I work so I can see what is left to attend to. Of course, the items on the desktop/working copy will need to be altered later on as well, so this is a duplication, but I can live with that; on the reference copy all I do is mark an item Closed, on the working copy I'll also enter details about what the research found. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Howard Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wendyh65/ *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
