Does this help? Your Legacy program on the desktop has a link to your picture C:\libraries\documents\ancestory\Moir\death certificate James Moir 16 Dec 1879. When you transfer your Legacy program to the laptop, the link in Legacy on the laptop is STILL to C:\libraries\documents\ancestory\Moir\death certificate James Moir 16 Dec 1879.
But you have restored the pictures to the D drive, with a DIFFERENT path than the path in Legacy (this does not change the link in Legacy) Therefore you need to tell Legacy about EVERY new folder (each family) on the D drive (once per folder) OR you need to restore the multimedia to the C drive so that the paths are IDENTICAL to the desktop, i.e. C:\libraries\documents\ancestory\Moir\death certificate James Moir 16 Dec 1879. Hope that helps. On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 3:38 AM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]>wrote: > Mike, > > Please see below: > > > *From:* Mike Bridgeford <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, December 04, 2011 9:55 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] Transferring data and pictures to laptop from > desktop > > > **** > > Hi Ron,**** > > Thanks for the prompt response. I will try to be a bit more specific, > although this is quite confusing for me!**** > > **** > > On my desktop computer, I store all my pictures and documents for the > legacy program in the form of jpg files, in one folder under ‘documents’ > called ‘Ancestory’. **** > > This folder has several sub-folders for each family group. I run Window 7 > on my desk top.**** > > A death certificate for James Moir, for example, would have a path – > C:\libraries\documents\ancestory\Moir\death certificate James Moir 16 Dec > 1879. **** > > The picture under the death event for James Moir on the Legacy program , > would then be linked back to this reference.**** > > **** > > **As I suspected your sub-folders comprise one for each family, in which > case you need to select one picture for each family, for Legacy to identify > the contents of that folder.** > > > > > > When I do a legacy backup on my desk top, there are two zipped files > produced – one for the families etc, and one for the multi-media. > > > > Yes, Although I do not use the Multi-Media back-up**** > > **** > > Transferring the families zipped file to the laptop is simple, and works > well. I went to file\restore family file, restore and save. The families > are all there. > > > > Yup, that’s the easy bit! > > **** > > Following Geoff’s explanation in his book, I have then taken the > multi-media zipped files, extracted them from the zipped files, and saved > them to D:\legacy\data. > > > > OK > > **** > > It will not pick up the new images automatically. > > > > Correct > > **** > > If I find a missing image for James Moir, for example, I can ask Legacy to > find the missing image,by double clicking on the ? image, and it will find > it at the D:\legacy\data\. > > > > This is what you need to do for each image containing folder, although I > prefer to use the ‘Find it yourself option’ > > **** > > Please note that I have not transferred the original image from the desk > top under C:\libraries\documents\ancestory\Moir\death certificate James > Moir 16 Dec 1879. **** > > It has found the image from the unzipped multi-media files! > > > > Yes, that’s clear > > **** > > I run Widows Vista on my laptop. > > > > Should not be a problem, I have Vista on my Laptop > > > > Geoff mentions nothing about transferring all the data files stored on the > desktop computer under C:\libraries\documents\ancestory\ to the laptop as > well! > > > > I haven’t got Geoff’s book, much as I might like it, as I will not pay $14 > shipping for a $19 book**** > > **** > > The next step is to transfer all the files to my ipad!!! But, I won’t to > make sure that the transfer to the laptop works properly first. > > > > Haven’t got an IPad, but I don’t think Legacy runs on it, but there is a > program that reads Legacy files which will – Families?**** > > **** > > I trust this may have made my problem a little clearer – but I am still > most confused with your comment that the legacy multi-media zipped files > only contain pathways to the actual image files? > > > > Sorry, I thought I had been pretty explicit with that bit! Whilst the > Legacy multi-media back-up does contain the images, Legacy does not store > them in its database which contains only the paths to the images. This is > why when installing on another machine it is easiest if the path to the > multi-media images is exactly the same as that on the initial machine – and > in part why Legacy recommends installation etc. on the C Drive. > > **** > > **Ron Ferguson** > > **http://www.fergys.co.uk/** > > **** > > Regards,**** > > mike**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 04 December 2011 10:04 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Transferring data and pictures to laptop from > desktop**** > > **** > > Mike,**** > > **** > > I am not absolutely certain that I have fully grasped your problem, > although I think I have got the basics so will reply in that context.**** > > **** > > You are probably aware that Legacy only stores the path to the images and > not the images themselves (excluding the backup). When you copied your data > across to your laptop the paths save in Legacy would have been those for > your PC, where I take it they were not stored on the D Drive – in fact > Legacy recommends that they be stored on the C Drive, as it does for all > Windows o/s, including Windows 7.**** > > **** > > So, as you have found out, Legacy needs to know where each image is > stored. Provided that each image has a unique name then if you select an > ‘unknown’ image in Legacy and then select it from its containing folder on > Drive D then all images in that folder should be identified by Legacy at > the same time. This must be done for one image from each folder.**** > > **** > > I am not clear why you say that you have to do this for each family, > unless, of course, you have a separate image folder for each family. No do > I understand you point about the images on the C Drive – if they are not > images associated with Legacy then they do not matter.**** > > **** > > Ron Ferguson**** > > http://www.fergys.co.uk/**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* Mike Bridgeford <[email protected]> **** > > *Sent:* Sunday, December 04, 2011 6:01 AM**** > > *To:* [email protected] **** > > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Transferring data and pictures to laptop from > desktop**** > > **** > > **** > > Hi Guys,**** > > I have purchased Geoff’s excellent book on The official Unofficial guide > to using Legacy family tree, and have noted that there is a step-by-step > instruction for transferring legacy from desk top to lap top. **** > > However, I have always had some problems when transferring all the data > from my desk computer to my lap top.**** > > I have followed the explanation and instructions to the letter as laid on > page 152 through page 156.**** > > The family tree works well with absolutely no problem at all.**** > > **** > > The picture files do not work as well for me. Let me try to explain what > the problem is, and then perhaps someone may be able to suggest a solution. > **** > > I have a split disk on my laptop. ‘C’ for programs and ‘D’ for data.**** > > I have put the zipped multimedia file into D:\legacy\data and then > unzipped them. [all my data is stored on a split disc to the D drive on my > laptop.]**** > > If I then go to an individual’s information page, where I have recently > put in a picture on my desk top program, the picture is shown as missing on > the laptop, and I have to ask the program to look for it, which it does, > and find it on the ‘D’ drive in the unzipped files. However, each family > has to be done individually, and the end result is very unsatisfactory, as > many pictures are not linked to their individuals screen data. **** > > If I go into options\customise\ locations\test all media paths – there are > literally pages of ‘missing’ pictures!!**** > > I have changed the default location of pictures to pick up from > D:\Legacy\data\.........multimedia, but this still does not rectify the > problem.**** > > If I look at all the locations of my pictures, they are all over the > place!!. Some are on the ‘C’ drive, and some are in ‘documents’ files.**** > > *Is there any way I can force the program to only get all the pictures > from the unzipped files in D:\Legacy\Data\....?* > > By the way, I store all my reference documentation and pictures in jpg > picture files.**** > > **** > > I really hope that someone will be able to assist.**** > > Regards,**** > > Mike**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > Mike Bridgeford**** > > (M.B.A.,B.Sc. Mech. 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