Valerie, Back ups made by version 6 will not be changed by version 7, unless you overwrite them with a back up of a Version 7 file. The .fdb files are changed so after viewing them in V7. so do not back them up using the same name as an exisiting back up.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ Update your British Prime Ministers Timeline - Blogs http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] about to install 7 > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:22:42 +1000 > > Thanks for your reply Gary. > > My concern when making a backup was that V7 would be able to get to them and > change them. > > Are you telling me that the backups will not be affected after 7 is added ? > > Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney. > Researching: BEDDY, CULLODEN, DYAS and ROWAN in Belfast, Dublin, Wicklow & > Wexford > Guild of One-Name Studies No: 4825 for CULLODEN & HIGGINSON > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary > Templeman > Sent: Saturday, 26 July 2008 2:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] about to install 7 > > You should routinely (after any data entry or changes) be making backups of > your files anyway, so the answer to that is yes. For purposes of the > upgrade, I would save the backup files to a different folder on the same > computer (not really necessary but can't hurt). There is no reason to burn > to a CD, email them to someone else, etc. (You *should* do at least > occasional off-site backups for your normal ones however) > > As to the gedcoms, assuming the information included in those files was > imported into a Legacy file, or they were created FROM your Legacy data, > there is really no need to specifically back them up. The Legacy > installation itself is not going to change or move the existing gedcoms in > any way. > > If you installed Legacy 6 in the default location then you can install > Legacy 7 over the top. > > Gary Templeman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valerie Garton" > To: > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 7:19 PM > Subject: [LegacyUG] about to install 7 > > >>I am about to install Legacy 7. >> >> Should I make backups of all my files or gedcoms ? >> >> Do I do these on the computer or send them to a disk and if so how ? >> >> I am afraid I am feeling very apprehensive about the whole deal ? >> >> Any help and support would be appreciated and thank you. >> >> I think I should go for a walk first while I await some help. >> >> Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney. >> Researching: BEDDY, CULLODEN, DYAS and ROWAN in Belfast, Dublin, Wicklow & >> Wexford >> Guild of One-Name Studies No: 4825 for CULLODEN & HIGGINSON >> _________________________________________________________________ Play and win great prizes with Live Search and Kung Fu Panda http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/101719966/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
