My backup drive is always connected. I have automatic backups of my computer and I don't want to forget about plugging it in. It doesn't cause any problems to always be there.
We did have problems when Legacy was remembering an external drive that wasn't connected..... I'm glad it's change! Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Alan Pereira <alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > Brian, > That must be wrong behaviour as you would only insert the backup drive when > you wanted to use it. > You may want to use the USB connections for other devices when legacy is > connected. > > Alan Pereira > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com] > Sent: 10 December 2013 15:16 > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Backup to external hard drive > > I just ran a test with an external flash drive. I set my backup to the flash > drive. made a backup. Closed Legacy and restarted with the flash drive still > connected. My backup folder remained the external drive. > > I then closed Legacy, ejected the external drive and restarted Legacy. > Now the backup reverted to C:\path. > > In a third test I plugged in the external drive, set Legacy to use that drive > again then closed Legacy. I ejected the drive, started Legacy then plugged in > the external drive before telling Legacy to make a backup. > The backup location had reset to C: and was not set to the external drive > when that became available. > > If you want Legacy to remember your backups to an external drive that drive > has to be connected every time you start Legacy. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > br...@legacyfamilytree.com > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > 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
