On 4/4/2010 2:20 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Thanks for all the advise everyone,I'll be reading the help files Mike > Fry suggested to figure this out. > > Gene Young,you mentioned ".fdb extension and After each work session copy > your family file to a USB thumb drive and > before starting a new session load the current one onto the computer you are > using. > Alternatively, you can work from the thumb drive and save a copy to the > computer you are working on at the end of each session."
> Does that mean,take the .fdb extension file from the updated computer and > just overwrite the .fdb file on the old copy? Yes. Just make sure that you are working from the newest copy and saving the newest copy over the old. > What about the pictures attached to sources? If your file structure is the same on both computers (ie; if you installed to all the default directories on both computers) just copy the entire picture folder. > Can a back up and restore on a flash drive work just as well? Yes, but it is a bit more cumbersome. > Any further advise will be appreciated. Join a local computer club (check your local library) and try to become more familiar and comfortable with moving files around between computers. -- Gene Young Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada With Legacy Family Tree Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
