Thank you, I sure appreciate knowing that. And thank you for answering so promptly.
Sonia On 07/01/2011 7:59 PM, Garry Howard wrote: > > Hi Sonia > > Fear not, you have not lost anything. What you have done is to compact > your file. You must have had a lot of free space in the original file. > For example, when individuals are deleted in Legacy and many other > databases, a gap or a blank record where the individual’s information > used to be stored is left behind. Delete 10 individuals and you leave > behind 10 gaps which take up space as most databases do not > automatically fill them in when adding new information. Gaps can also > be caused by other issues as well. So programs like legacy have a > maintenance feature that removes all the spaces by compacting the > file. This doesn’t remove data or information, but makes the file size > smaller and that is what has happened. No need to worry. > > Regards > > Garry Howard > > *From:*Sonia Putney [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, 8 January 2011 2:59 p.m. > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Repairing Legacy file > > I have Repaired my Legacy file and it went from a 101 mg file to a > 77mg file. I am really concerned. There were only 4 small errors in it > which I fixed. Will I have lost a lot of data in my file?? > I imported from a Gedcom made in FTM2009. I have the deluxe Legacy 7.4 > and am on Vista. There were 53,000 people in my database. > > Any help would be appreciated. I have done a couple of hours input on > my smaller file and then realized that was the one I was working on. I > have more work to do but don't want to until I find out which file I > should be working on > > Any and all help would be appreciated. > > Sonia > > > > 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 > > > > 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 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
