Ward, when you save your family tree to a thumb drive, how do it? Do you copy if from the Data folder? or export to a gedcom or legacy folder?
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 8:23 PM, MJ SA <[email protected]> wrote: > Now when I exited and it asked if I wanted to back it up, I said yes > and chose the Legacy Data file, I just looked at the Legacy-Data file > and the file is in a zip folder > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 8:16 PM, MJ SA <[email protected]> wrote: >> On the other thumb drives I've got Compresed Zipped Folder. GED >> folder, legacy Genealogy Software >> >> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 8:13 PM, MJ SA <[email protected]> wrote: >>> For the new thumbnail I put the tree on last night this is what it says >>> november 21 2012 family tree 1996KB Legacy Geneaology Software >>> november 21 2012 family tree 0KB LDB File >>> november 21 2012 family tree 1KB TC File >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Ron Ferguson >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I did not express myself as clearly as I wanted to in the post below. >>>> >>>> What I was trying to get over was that this list has many users without >>>> sufficient knowledge in file manipulation for the use of a thumb drive as >>>> a storage drive for the *.fdb file to be recommended as an intrinsically >>>> safe method for this purpose. (I'm getting tired - it's early morning >>>> here!). >>>> --- >>>> Ron Ferguson >>>> http://www.fergys.co.uk >>>> GOONS #5307 >>>> >>>> "Ron Ferguson" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>>Ward, >>>>> >>>>>I do not agree that one should recommend storing the *.fdb file on a thumb >>>>>drive. Sure, I put mine on a thumb from time to time, but I know what I am >>>>>doing. I suggest that those who are Windows and Legacy literate will not >>>>>normally be asking questions relating to file storage and retreaval, and >>>>>therefore, it is not advisable to make such a recommendation for an active >>>>>file. >>>>> >>>>>Backups are a different proposition in that there are positive reasons for >>>>>putting them on an external drive. >>>>>--- >>>>>Ron Ferguson >>>>>http://www.fergys.co.uk >>>>>GOONS #5307 >>>>> >>>>>"Ward Walker" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>MJ SA, please be very clear and precise when you use the terms 'backup' or >>>>>>'save'. As Ron, Doug, and others have been saying, your .ftb family file >>>>>>is >>>>>>updated (saved to disk) constantly as you use Legacy. Your backup .zip >>>>>>file >>>>>>is only made when you request it (normally upon exit), and only needed if >>>>>>you have to create a family file by restoring a backup. Hopefully never. >>>>>>:-) >>>>>> >>>>>>Contrary to Gene's advise, I do like the option of keeping the current, >>>>>>live >>>>>>family file on my thumb drive. If I use two computers, I must carry the >>>>>>thumb drive back and forth, but I always know where the latest version is. >>>>>>If you do this, however, make sure to specify the location for the backups >>>>>>to be on the hard drive of the current computer, not on the thumb drive. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ward >>>>> >>>> >>>> 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
