Once a week I encrypt a copy of my family file and email it to myself at
Gmail. I also backup my entire Legacy folder (under C-drive) to two
external hard-drives and Mozy. I don't bother with renaming the backup
each time I back it up at Legacy. Too much work.
JL
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Barbara Ford wrote:
Thanks to all. I guess the question may have been basic, but the
answers are not so basic and are all good suggestions. I do have a
better understanding now. The main new thought for me was not to
overwrite the file every time.
I do back up in several ways. I backup to two different external hard
drives, and to a flash drive. In addition, I backup all my entire hard
drive periodically. So, I do feel it's important to backup in several
ways. Hadn't thought of the advantages of not overwriting, though.
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Cathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Barbara,
As Dave says - the Save on exit is a Backup.
I encourage you to not overwrite a backup - or at least not every
time you exit.
I add the date to the family file name for the backup.
One backup is a help but more are better.
Also, if you are backing up to the same hard drive, make sure you
copy these backup files regularly to more than one media type.
All digital media fails at one time or another.
A backup on your hard drive helps you recover if you realise you made
a mistake which it is easier to undo than edit. If you realise
quickly before you've added anything else, then you can simply
restore the backup and keep going.
However, if you discover you messed up a family a fortnight ago, it's
helpful to be able to restore a backup of your family file made
before then to a new family file name and then compare the two. You
can use Split screen or any of the export/import options to bring in
just the people concerned. Depending on the problem, you can then
delete the current people with the faulty data and link in the people
with the good data or use merge. One way or another you keep the old
data and get rid of the new bad data. Don't worry about the
complication of all that. Just realise that it can be done though you
may never ever need to.
If you need a backup because something has happened to your computer,
then a backup on the hard drive is of no more use than the actual
family file on the hard drive. In reality, you don't have a backup.
Cathy
At 07:03 AM 8/03/2008, you wrote:
> Barbara,
>
> All correct except when you exit it's not a 'save but a 'backup'.
>
> Dave.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barbara
>Ford
>Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 06:36
>To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com
>Subject: [LegacyUG] Basic Save Question
>
> >Are these assumptions correct?
>
> >I can set the options so as not to prompt for saving when I go out each
>time.
> >All my changes that have been made while working in the program are
> >automatically saved.
> >I can manually choose to backup (from the file menu) when I want to
> >backup to another location.
>
> >thanks,
> >Barbara
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