No, it doesn't matter what folder you store it in except yes, it would
be a good idea to have a backup of it since that's the whole purpose of
doing backups. In other words, if your hard-drive crashes, you'll lose
the original plus all your backups unless you have copies elsewhere.
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Barbara Ford wrote:
So, the backup file, if I choose to rename and not overwrite (which is
what I now know is preferable), will always be a (.zip) file?
Is there any value in allowing the backup to be stored in the exact
folder where the.fdb is saved (as is the default, and I did accept the
defaults), or wouldn't I always want to select not to overwrite, and
store in a different folder (such as one that is included in my normal
backup procedure)? Obviously, I can store the backup where I wish, but
I just mean, is there some value that I may not realize, to having the
backup file be stored in the same folder with the actual file?
Barbara
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 4:34 PM, ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Barbara,
Your assumptions are not entirely correct. On closing you are only asked "to
save" on leaving the program if you have changed something. In fact you are not
saving as such but creating a back-up (.zip) file. Your ordinary file which as you say is
amended on the fly has the extension .fdb and you will find both this and the back-up
stored in c:\Legacy\Data (assuming that you used Legacy defaults when you installed the
program). You can store the back-up where you wish by changing the path at the top of the
box where you select to save the file.
Yes, you can back-up when you are using the program and, in fact, there is an
icon for this which you can drag to your Toolbar by right clicking on it.
Whilst you may find the invitation to back-up at close down something of an
irritant, I can assure you that it is far better to suffer this than, when you
hit a problem, to regret that you haven't done it.
Ron Ferguson
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> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:35:51 -0600
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com
> Subject: [LegacyUG] Basic Save Question
>
This should be so obvious to me, but I'm afraid to act on the obvious,
> just in case I'm wrong. I know that if my program suddenly shuts down,
> it has already saved (on the fly, I would say), so that when I go back
> in, no data was lost. But I also know that every time I go out of the
> program, it prompts me to save. I always say yes, choose the file,
> choose to overwrite, say no to the multimedia prompt (have none of
> those files yet). Logically, I should not need to go through that
> process, and it is basically saving/overwriting what I just was going
> to save anyway, by exiting. I'm assuming the prompt is to give me the
> chance to back it up in another location, which I periodically do.
>
> I only work with one file, so it's not complicated.
>
> 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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