I backup to an external hard drive and store it in my safety deposit box. It is important not only to have one or more backups, but at least some of them should be stored offsite. Offsite options include the cloud, a friend's house, safety deposit box, whatever.
If not, a fire or flood at your home could wipe out all copies. Paul Gray -----Original Message----- From: Brian L. Lightfoot [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: March-26-13 4:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Computer crashed - how do I move legacy to new computer? Just curious if you and any others make a local media backup, i.e. DVD? I generally will make a cumulative backup to DVD about every 6 months to a max of one year. There may come a time in the future when either the Internet has been sabotaged on a semi-permanent basis or else it is so congested that any throughput is just a trickle. And remember, "cloud storage" is just somebody else's hard drive. Brian in California -----Original Message----- From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 10:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Computer crashed - how do I move legacy to new computer? That is the Legacy Default which I though was the question I was answering. If, however, you are asking where I have my back-ups, then in addition to the default I have copies on my brother-in-law's PC, the cloud and an external HD. Ron Ferguson, http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: JLB Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 3:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Computer crashed - how do I move legacy to new computer? Well, that should be changed (and it's easy on the backup screen) or you're in danger of losing them all if your computer crashes. I send my backup files to a folder of their own inside My Documents. All of My Documents is backed up to an external hard-drive daily. ----- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://jlog.jgen.ws/ On 3/26/2013 2:00 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > The Legacy backup. zip file when created is always stored in the > Legacy Data folder. > --- > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > GOONS #5307 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
