Whenever I close Legacy I hit the backup button and make a zip folder. If the button is not there for you, right-click on the toolbar and drag it there.
I regularly back up my entire Legacy installation folder, like several times a day. This is what's called a Syncback 'profile'. Legacy on my PC going to 'Legacy' on an external hard-drive. One click, Syncback searches for the changes between the two locations and takes care of it. You could set this up to work on flash-drives as well. Please do SOMETHING. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 8/11/2012 6:33 PM, MJ SA wrote: > I have 2 thumb drives, a desktop (Windows XP) and a laptop (Windows 7) > I am a total scatter brain, or do they call that ADD now? I have so > many family files on my thumbdrives I now date the file so I know it > was the last time I back it up. > > Should I back it up as a gedcom or legacy file etc? Something like that? > > On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Wendy Howard<wendy.how...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> What more could I do? >> >> Burn a copy to a disk and give it to someone who doesn't live in your >> house to keep safe. >> >> Put a copy into cloud storage. >> >> Copy to another computer. >> >> Back up to an external hard drive. >> >> Have more than one backup medium. Backups can fail, and the worst time >> to discover that the one you've been using forever isn't working, is >> when you need to use it and it lets you down. >> >> Note we're not just talking about backing up your Legacy data here. You >> should be considering your whole computer. >> >> http://blog.eogn.com/.services/blog/6a00d8341c767353ef00e55065e13d8833/search?filter.q=backup >> >> http://ask-leo.com/ask_leo_search_results.html?cx=partner-pub-6711026890334492%3A3uqeqb-et1b&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=backup&sa=Search+Ask+Leo!&siteurl=ask-leo.com%2F&ref=&ss=877j177309j6 >> >> Wendy >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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 > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5194 - Release Date: 08/11/12 > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
