On 2010/05/12 21:00, Rita Lynn McKale wrote: > Sometimes I just don't understand........please forgive me if this > seems elementary to most of you. I am working with Windows Vista on > my desktop (main computer). All of my pictures, documents etc. are > organized in folders in the picture folder already set up in Vista. > I have pointed Legacy to the items I want linked to my family members > and events. I want to put Legacy on my new netbook. If I backup my > multimedia files and then follow the instructions Sherry referenced > below, will my pictures (the ones linked to Legacy) then show up on > my new netbook? Or will I need to also copy my picture folder from > my main pc onto my netbook?
When you backup the data *and* the multimedia, you produce two ZIP files. One containing your family file and a selection of relate settings. And a second containing copies of those items in your Pictures folder that have been referenced from the family file. Having installed Legacy on your netbook, you will be able to work with the data simply by using the Restore Family File option on the File drop-down menu. This will only unzip the files from the ZIP file containing the family file and those selected settings. The family file will be usable, but will contain path references for multimedia files on your desktop. Provided that you adhere to the same folder structure on the netbook, those references will work on the netbook. The only missing step is to unzip the second zip file in order to copy the missing multimedia files and create the supporting folder structure. Not having looked at Sherrys' instructions, I would assume that because she knows what she's doing, they will basically say much the same thing as I have. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg 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
