Hi, thank you both for the suggestions, *.fdb did not work on the other computer. Maybe I can get a quick lesson on how to do this again, nothing is more scary than worrying about losing all your genealogy work.
Please tell me if this is the correct way to save my family tree. For backup, I want to make sure it backs up onto my thumb drive. Than I also want to export it to a gedcom, so I have that also for back up and to put the updates on the other compuer. To get my family file onto my floppy to put on another computer, I would click export to gedcom? Than open Legacy on the other computer and than open the gedcom and save the family tree on the hard drive to that computer? Something strange in the air lately, I have done this so many times, and today it is just not working. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > Michele, > > I think that the default for the backup is C\Legacy\Data, but would not swear > to this. In any event Jenny has advised how to see where your's is. > > Nobody can say why your data is not on your other machine. However, to make > certain that it isn't I suggest that you use Windows Explorer to search for > "*.fdb" (no quotes) . If it is just point Legacy to it. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > Michele S <[email protected]> wrote: > >>So I backup my family file and have no idea where it is backing up to. >>I have Windows 7 64 bit. So I decide it is probably better to export >>to a gedcom file on a thumb drive, I have done this before. Today I >>decide I better back up my family tree onto my thumb drive and update >>the other computers. So here are my issues. I go to the other computer >>and the family file is not on the computer, legacy is, but not my >>family tree. Strange! >> >>So am I doing something wrong? Can someone give me ideas on how to >>properly back up my family tree, make sure it gets on my thumb drive >>and why when I went on the other computer lagacy opens and can't find >>the family file? >> >> >> >>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 >>Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >>our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >>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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
