Thanks Kathy and Wes again, I have so much to learn about all this, the Zip file method seemed to work the best, I did actually get it to work! But it was a process. . .I couldn't get the first flash drive to work and I kept getting error messages like "windows generic error" or didn't recognize the file. . or maybe user 101 lacking knowing how to work in windows w/ vm fusion, the file pathways seems different. So I saved the fdb file to a different flash drive and at least it loaded the data correctly! I don't have any media attached because I haven't gotten that far into learning Legacy and I think I won't because it seems too confusing and problematic from everyone's discussions about it here; will likely use your idea Cathy on that.
But now I have these concerns: I may have confused myself and hope I can describe what I remember was the sequence of events as I was trying to do this in the car: there may be 2 different issues here, one related to the VM fusion/Windows combo, the other a Legacy question I first mistakenly I think saved the file just w/o picking a particular folder because I thought that Legacy automatically saved it to the default folder. But then I couldn't find the file listed anywhere on the computer so was worried that I'd just resaved it on the E flash drive, so I did a "save as" to make sure it was on the computer, and thus put it in C drive to make sure I didn't lose it when I took out the flash drive. So all seemed ok until I tried to do a backup. I ended up with 2 files, different names, but the same Legacy data. Initially, the first time I tried to back up my data, I got a message that the VM system basically didn't understand the pathway to Legacy I guess. It asked me 2 choices to override the pathway problem, and after playing around with it, I think I finally picked the right one. Then I went back to enter more data and all of a sudden I was entering data in a different file than the one I had labeled for C drive. So then I went to go find the original file I had been working in, some how I got a request to do an "extraction" of the (zip) file I guess, so I thought that was well and good thinking I'd missed that part before. . .but then I'd lost the new data I had put in, not sure if it was in the other file or just lost the data because of the extraction. . .anyway, it was then I realized that it was asking me to backup BOTH files and perform double backups, PLUS I noticed also that there was a separate backup for the media files. Now I see to read carefully which file I'm backing up to, but that leads me to these questions: 1. Shouldn't I be seeing an uncompressed file as a working file for entering data? How do I fix this if I should be using an uncompressed file? Or am I confused about how these are labeled? 2. Is it normal to not find Legacy files when doing a search; and only be able to find them within Legacy? 3. How do I get rid of the second file so I don't have to specify which file I'm backing up? 4. Should I uncheck "backup Media files" for now since I'm not attaching media? 5. Should I try to move the file to a different location, would that help Legacy find the file easier? Obviously, I'm a little tech challenged, so hopefully someone can understand what I wrote and make sense of this and know how to answer. I'm sure I'll get a better mental picture of how this works in time, but just want to know if I should change something at this point to I don't have trouble with ending up adding data to the wrong program. Thanks so much for all your patience and great explanations! Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wes" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 10:40:53 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Urgent; need help transferring data to laptop On 27-Apr-2014 12:08 PM, Pam Gosling wrote: > Thanks Cathy and Mike so much, > > I just opened the computer to see your input and want to clarify both > instructions so I'm understanding this right; > > Yes, I do have Legacy 8 installed, nothing in it yet. I did not make a zip > file, in my original computer, I only clicked on the fdb file (with the blue > dot icon) and selected "send to" flash drive. Would it be better to make a > zip or go about this a different way? > > Secondly, then, with the data on the stick, I go to "File-Open" (in the new > Legacy on the laptop right?), what should I see from there? Any other > possible issues at that point? Just want to make sure I pick the right > options. > > Thank you SO MUCH! Pam > > - I didn't see a response to your last e-mail so I'll give it a shot. Hopefully this will get to you in time. I would use a zip file (Legacy Backup) to transfer the files to the thumb drive. That way you get everything that is needed. When you open the Legacy on your laptop, you can do a restore. then you ca open the family file in the usual way. Hope this helps. Wes 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). 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