Whew! Good thinking. "Power-on-reset," a term I used in my old profession, has fixed a multitude of problems, over the years. :-)
Joseph Leavitt On 7/22/2014 7:38 AM, Alan Pereira wrote: > Joseph, > It just sat there with the win 7 circle revolving and doing nothing. I > cancelled, tried another 2 fdb files with the same result. > I rebooted the machine and it all worked fine. > I am not in the habit of leaving my machine on but must have done something > before opening Legacy that caused this behaviour. I can't repeat the problem. > > Alan > > -----Original Message----- > From: JV Leavitt [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 22 July 2014 14:55 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy v8 any build - Windows 7 -- Check/Repair on > large database > > Alan, does Check / Repair process your files okay on other computers? > Does C/R just hang, or do you get an error, or do you mean it takes longer > than expected? > > Joseph Leavitt > > > > On 7/22/2014 1:19 AM, Alan Pereira wrote: >> I have Win 7 and File Check / Repair does not work on any of my files. >> (1200-10,000 and various sizes between) >> i7 processor and 8Gb memory >> >> Alan Pereira >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: JV Leavitt [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 21 July 2014 16:17 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy v8 any build - Windows 7 -- Check/Repair on >> large database >> >> Could any of you who have a very large database, like over 100,000 records, >> tell me if check/repair works well for you. I've seen it (on a file of >> 169,000 records) finish in three minutes on one system, but on my system, >> and a number of others I've tried, it either fails with an error, or hangs >> for five to fifteen minutes on various steps along the way, often hanging >> right away in the middle of rebuilding indexes. >> >> I have Windows 7 installed, and I've tried changing many settings and >> Services, and eliminating programs that might be interfering, but to no >> avail. Anyway, it hangs or fails the same way on many of the new computers >> at our local Family History Library. Any PC that has Windows XP will run >> Check/Repair without any problem, no matter how big the file is. I should >> say that I've not seen any such problem on smaller files ( I suppose under >> 10,000 records).. I have many small files which are the ones I usually work >> on, and have no difficulties with them. >> >> Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. :-) >> >> Joseph Leavitt >> > > > 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
