>From his first post I understand that as yet Willard does not have the external drive so to do.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ JLB wrote: > Yep, I think that's how it would work. Just change the file-path. Why > don't you try it instead of fretting over it? > ..... > JL > http://www.jgen.ws/jlog > > On 7/8/2010 7:40 PM, WILLARD WHEATON wrote: >> Thanks Ron, that looks like the technique I was hoping for. I'll >> know a >> lot more by Monday. >> But, lets take a photo which has been attached to a certain >> individual, >> and that picture may be down deep inside my data folder tree of >> folders, sub-folders, in more sub-folders. >> (Drive\Programs\Legacy\Data\Country\State\County\Family >> Name\Individual\1925 xxxx photo.jpg} >> If I open the photos on the individuals page in Legacy, I may see 1 >> to 50 or more photos. If I click on one and say Edit, the window will >> currently display the complete path to that >> particular photo beginning with C:\Programs\etc. >> Now, lets assume I changed that first box to >> "E:\Programs\Legacy\Data" >> and ran the program again with the E drive hanging on the system, >> will >> all those same photos now display >> E:\Programs\Legacy\Data\Country\State\County\Family >> Name\Individual\filename.jpg} for each photo? >> In other words, if I tell Legacy where to look for the new "DATA" >> folder, will it find the rest of the path to a file previously >> inserted >> in the individual photos automatically? >> If Yes, that would be wonderful. I was afraid I would have to delete >> and reattach all the photos to each individual which would cause me >> big headaches. >> >> Sorry for the overtime, but appreciate it. I'm not getting OT down >> here, >> so I'm outa here! >> Willard >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Thu, July 8, 2010 9:40:28 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] How best to transfer my 60 years of >> Genealogy work out of state. >> >>  >> Willard, >> I think Mike will be in bed now (which is where I should also be) but >> I'll have a go. Not knowing exactly what you have in your Data >> Folder, makes it difficult, However, I would copy the whole of the >> Data Folder >> to the external drive. >> When looking for a family file (xxxx.fdb) to load into Legacy the >> program will automatically look in C:\Legacy\Data, which is both (a) >> the default and (b) where you have your stuff at the moment. >> At the top of the box where you select which family file you want is >> a >> box containing the location, just use the down arrow and tree to go >> to >> your new (copy) Data Folder on the external drive, and select the >> family file from there. There is no immediate need to bother with >> the customise locations function, although it may be an advantage >> later. Actually I >> think it changed mine automatically, but that may be because I have >> the program on that drive. In any event to make the external drive >> the >> default for the program one only needs to change the first box to >> (say) E:\Legacy\Data. >> Selecting the media files in their new place is not such a hard job >> either - when I've had a sleep! >> Ron Ferguson >> _____________________________________________________ >> *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth >> http://www.fergys.co.uk >> Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw >> And the Fergusons of N.W. England >> Follow me on twitter >> http://twitter.com/ronfergy >> ____________________________________________________ >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* WILLARD WHEATON <mailto:[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Sent:* 09 July 2010 02:01 >> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] How best to transfer my 60 years of >> Genealogy work out of state. >> >> Thank you Ron, Mike, et al for your quick response. The answer I >> was looking for was the Options, Customize, Locations portal. I >> wasn't aware of it. So I will have to see what will be involved >> in changing the pointers. I will look at it tomorrow. >> Yes, I realize that many computers use D: and sometimes E: if it >> has more than one CD/DVD drives. So a new HD may end up being >> anywhere between F: and Z: It doesn't matter to me, as long as I >> can tell Legacy to go there. Until I get acquainted with the >> customizing process, I can't say if it will be a viable solution. >> My concern is that in an attempt to "organize" my data, I set up >> a whole series of folders, and sub-folders, inside of >> sub-folders. Organized by country, state, county, family name, >> and individual names. In the individual's folder I put all media >> and document files pretaining to them. All these folders are >> within the DATA folder of Legacy. Each filename in any folder >> begins with the year to which the information applies. I would >> cry elephant tears if I had to change individual file pointers >> in the multimedia file. I am hoping that tomorrow I will find >> that I can do a replacement of all data files having a "C:\" at >> the front end of the filename, to a "E:\" >> >> Stay tuned, I will let you know more. >> >> Thanks again >> Willard >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ** 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
