On 27/08/2010 21:17, Kathy Meyer wrote: > Thanks, I figured that was the case; i.e., that you would have to > restore back to the original folders; however, I would probably not have > those same folders if my computer crashed or if I wanted to restore to > my laptop.
It's a long time since I made serious use of Winzip, but I seem to remember that if you press the right buttons it will restore files to their original locations, creating folders if necessary. You could also create the necessary folders yourself to mirror your original arrangement. I guess I need to be very strict with my organization for > that to work. Maybe I should start storing my pictures that I use in > Legacy in a separate "legacy/photos & documents" file or something of > the sort; just a copy and then have the other stored in my other folders > that are named for each family group. There is a Pictures folder within the Legacy folder. I actually have documents and photos in many different folders, but I do use the Legacy/Pictures (with sub-folders for People, Homes, Churches, etc) for photographs as well as having them saved elsewhere with a different filing system. > 1 - move all of the picture/document files to the computer in question > 2 - restore my Legacy data file > 3 - restore my Legacy multimedia via winzip (or similar) That's it. > So when I restore the multimedia via winzip, do I need to do anything > further for my Legacy file to access the multimedia? Not if you have restored the multimedia to the same folder structure as previously. If not, use Options/Locations/Test all multimedia paths and follow the prompts to point Legacy to the new file locations. -- Jenny M Benson 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
