As a *general* rule with ANY software update that changes the data
structure, the programmers typically make a way to either read or convert
data made in an earlier version. (Note that MS Word reads all it's old
versions) Most of the time a window will pop up telling you the file will
need to be converted and asking for permission. You can then save the file
with a different name, leaving you the old file and the converted one. That
choice only happens when you try to open an old version file or restore an
old version backup. Just remember that Legacy remembers the last file used
and so the conversion option may appear for that file the first time the new
program is started.
As far as I know backup files themselves are not changed when you restore
from them. So even if you restore from an old backup, it will read it and
convert the resulting information but the backup file itself is not altered.
You will get a version 7 backup file when you create the next backup, and as
long as you give it a different name the v. 6 file will remain.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Valerie Garton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 4:22 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] about to install 7
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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
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
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