When you go to back up your file, on that pop-up window there should be an OPTIONS button right next to the Backup button
Click on OPTIONS and then select Append Date &/or Append Time to default backup file name With both selected you can back up 10 times in the one minute and not overwrite another backup because each will have the unique time added. If you already have these selected, please provide further details so that we might be able to help further On 5 December 2013 16:40, Orinda Spence <[email protected]> wrote: > I am new at Legacy and have just started using Legacy 7.5. When I can do > it without a big deal, I will upgrade. Until then. > > I using 7.5 and can not stop Legacy from overwriting when I backup my > family file or exit Legacy. Help says there should be options to not > overwrite, I can not find that screen that gives that option. > > This is my story, I was frustrated. I spent the afternoon inputting some > long lost ancestors that I had found. For some reason, when I clicked undo > to undo an input, I lost the whole afternoon's work. Then, I thought, I > will just go get that other backup. There was nothing there except today's > date and the time of closing file. We have to close the family file to > restore a file. So, when I closed it backed up and overwrote by previous > file. > > Looking at my backup files, I see that at one time in September 2013, it > was not overwriting. I don't know why I lost the no overwrite feature. > > Can anyone tell me why I can't find the proper screen to tell it to quit > overwriting? > > Orinda > > > 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
