Ditto for me Cathy, using Dropbox. Against a highly unlikely simultaneous failure of my computer and Drobox, I still regularly do back ups to another drive as well.
Mal On 28-May-13 4:50 AM, Cathy-0 wrote: > > Marianne, > > I too have my desktop running Windows 7 and my netbook running Windows > XP. But I use Dropbox to sychronize my Legacy database between the > two computers. I've had no problems running Legacy on the two > different operating systems. > > Cathy-0 > > *From:* Marianne Szabo [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, May 27, 2013 2:27 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] XP on netbook, WIN 7 on PC - can I transfer dg > between them? > > Hi – I got a new PC in January, running Windows 7. This is my primary > place for all things Legacy. > > I also have a netbook that I only use when I travel. The netbook > still uses Windows XP. > > If I want to upload my Family File from my PC to the netbook will > there be any problems because the operating systems are different? > > When I want to do this, I save my PC database to a flash drive, then > upload that to the netbook, so I have the latest information when I > travel. > > I also use the netbook to add information to the database after I’ve > done my research. Then I would save those changes to the flashdrive > and upload the latest file to my PC on my return. > > So I’m worried about problems going in both directions. > > I also have the Families app for my Kindle Fire, which is great if all > I want to do is see my Family File, but it’s too hard to enter data on > the Fire. > > Marianne > > > > 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 > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Version: 2013.0.3343 / Virus Database: 3184/6360 - Release Date: 05/26/13 > > > > 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
