I deleted all the data files (except the backups) and removed it from my hard drive. Then I decided to just restore my system from about a week ago and start over from scratch. I'm going to import a GEDCOM and hope the image links don't transfer. I'd prefer to just relink them myself.
I think the problem might have started when I used The Master Genealogist to import my FTM2009 file which reads FTM files without going the GEDCOM route. I wish other software would do the same because GEDCOMs cut off a lot of text in long sentences. From FTM I exported another GEDCOM for Legacy to read. I don't trust using any previous backups since there might be corruption problems in them as well. I think some junk must have been included in the file that caused Legacy to go crazy. I'm not doing it that way this time, but because FTM2009 has it's own issues I'm afraid I'm going to be stuck using it if Legacy decides to keep crashing. FTM2009/2010 will not give you a reasonable option for exporting your entire file to a format other than it's own which is why it is so limited. I also understand that Legacy does not embed images. I do not embed my images and never have. They are all external and always have been. However, they are all in custom folders under one main folder. Source images are not mixed with photos of people or tombstones. All these genealogy programs want to put everything in one place so you have to sift through thousands of images. There was only one file as far as opening the wrong file so that isn't an option. The information was gone, but it was only the photo information (transcriptions, date of photo, etc.) which was very time consuming to enter because I had to use Microsoft Access and FTM2009 to get the information from--until FTM started "acting funny" and I knew I had to close it or it would reboot my system. I'm used to it's peculiarities now and know when it's going to crash and reboot. -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of Dennis M. Kowallek Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:08 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Crashed Three Times and Lost Everything I Just Inputted On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:37:38 -0400, "William H. Boswell" <whbosw...@gmail.com> wrote: >I don't think >these genealogy programs can handle a large number of images. > >I use external images anyway and have for several years. I've never >embedded images because they are useless outside of the software. The images in Legacy are not "embedded". Legacy just stores the name of the image file. >Legacy did not save any of the information I did this morning as far as >photos so no it doesn't save on the fly. Legacy's underlying file is a Jet database. When you do something in Legacy and click OK it gets saved immediately. If Legacy crashes 5 minutes later your change is still there. >but everything I did related to photos this morning (about 5 hours >worth) is gone. I suspect you are looking at the wrong file. Make sure you are opening the correct file. If Legacy crashes at startup, go to your Legacy program folder and delete the *.usr files. Then try restarting Legacy. Feel free to send me your *.fdb file and I will try to open it. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
