Thank you Lean, in that respect you have confirmed what I suspected. Regards, Colin.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Leon Chapman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Files and Restore > The only critical file is the *.fdb file -- that is your Legacy family > database > > the others relate to previous reports, relationship calculations, IGI > searches, etc. that you have performed. > They can all be recreated, so I wouldn't worry about them. > You can look up in the Legacy help file the meanings of most of the > file extensions if you need to know what they are. You can also > search the archieves for file types and probably find what each file > is associated with. Again, they are temporary and can all be > recreated with reports, charts, searches, etc, so I do not worry about > any of them. > > Hope this helps. > ___ > Leon Chapman > [email protected] > ----- > > > On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Colin Liddell <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I have had some problems with my computer and now have doubts about the >> current Legacy file I am working on. >> My aim is to Restore a zip file from a time when I knew all my work was >> up >> to date. >> Looking in the Legacy\Data folder I find there are considerably more >> files >> for my Liddell line than for others. >> Admittedly the other lines are much smaller than my Liddell line as I >> have >> merged them all into the one file of Liddell but retained the originals. >> Prior to the merge, my other lines only have two or three files and they >> have the following extensions of fdb and TC or fdb, TC and Rc3. >> My Liddell line currently has the following files; >> Liddell.fdb 8,868kb Legacy Genealogy Software >> 6/8/2012 >> Liddell.FG 74kb FG file >> 9/11/2010 >> Liddell.fsd 1,078kb FSD file >> 6/10/2010 >> Liddell. IGI 316kb IGI file >> 26/08/2008 >> Liddell.Rc3.Cal 1340kb CAL file >> 10/10/2011 >> Liddell.Rel.Cal 208kb CAL file >> 10/03/2010 >> Liddell.TC 1kb TC file >> 6/08/2012 >> Liddell.~IGI.IGI 316kb IGI file >> 26/08/2008 >> Liddell~PPL.PPL 164kb PPL file >> 5/12/2009 >> Liddell~Rc3.Rc3 1,604kb Rc3 file >> 12/03/2012 >> Liddell~Rc3.Rc3.cal 1,384kb CAL file >> 17/03/2012 >> Liddell~RGD.RGD 376kn RGD file >> 10/09/2011 >> >> I would like to know; >> (a) Why the Liddell line has more files than the others, ie. 7 files as >> against 2 or 3? >> (b) If I do a Restore from a Zip file, which of the above files do I >> remove >> from the data folder prior to the Restore, or do I remove all? I would >> put >> them on a flash drive so they are still accessible in necessary. >> (c) Why do the last five files have the tild and repeated extension. >> >> I look forward to any help or suggestions from the very knowledgeable >> folks >> on this List. >> >> Colin. >> >> >> 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
