Tish wrote
When leaving Legacy, I do backups nearly every time.
Can I delete all but the last two or three? It is showing a lot of
backups for the same family. I always put the date and the file name.
It would be nice if this were possible to get rid of some of the
accumulation.
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Backups
Are you creating a new zip folder every time with a different name? You
could just overwrite the same one instead of creating a folder full of them.
JL
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I do something similar. I date my backups. I back up whenever I add a lot
of info. It might be twice in 1 day or it might be once a week. I keep
about 3 months' worth of backups on a flash drive.
michele
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Backups
Are you creating a new zip folder every time with a different name? You
could just overwrite the same one instead of creating a folder full of them.
JL
Tish:
I have seven regular backup files, one labeled for each day of the
week. So as I log off for the night, I select the file for that day.
Once a month, I save my file as a GEDCOM and label it by the month,
and upload it to Rootsweb's WorldConnect. I don't delete these monthly
backups.
But
Are you creating a new zip folder every time with a different name? You
could just overwrite the same one instead of creating a folder full of them.
JL
JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists
http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html
Tish wrote:
I am asking a new backup question. When
Absolutely. I assume you've saved each backup under a unique filename (?).
If so, only the last save will contain *all* your data.
You can also opt to *overwrite* a prior save, which reduces the number of
backup files (personally I only have one backup in Legacy's file system,
plus a backup on a
Hi Tish,
For the long term I keep my first backup for the month - so every now
and then I go into the backup folder and delete others.
I would never rely on one or two backups and only recent backups for
data that takes so long to enter and is so complex that you may not
return to a
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