George,
It sounds as if you don't have Legacy set up properly and you may keep
opening a different file.
Check your settings at Options - Customise 1.2 that controls which file
Legacy opens when you open Legacy.
Also check your settings at Options - Customise 6.1 and 6.2 which are
your default locations for data and media.
Check the Recent File list to see if you are actually opening different
files
The Recent File List is found by clicking the L top left corner of the
Legacy screen if the L is larger than the title bar. If it isn't, you'll
see a System Ribbon tab and it's on that instead. It depends on the
Design Style you are using.
Make sure you understand that the backup on exit of your Legacy file is
a backup file. Keep them safe off your computer. They are only used when
needed. The data backup is used by opening Legacy and going to File >
Restore File. Backup is not the way the file is saved. Your family file
is saved every time you click a Save button.
Re the error. You don't say which error you are getting. But the first
response is to use File > File Maintenance - Check/Repair.
This should be done regularly to keep your database healthy. It may take
quite a while especially if you've never run it.
See http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00749 for help on
using Check/Repair.
Your media won't keep getting disconnected if
a) you are using the same file all the time in Legacy and
b) if you don't move the media on your computer.
If you are really loosing other data between sessions, it's an
indication you are actually using more than one file in Legacy. The
other reasons people think they've lost data is that they are looking at
a screen with the wrong tab open (eg the Notes screen) or with a filter
on (eg the Assigned Sources screen or To-Dos).
If you haven't read some of the Legacy Blog posts read these:
https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2018/05/compilation-of-legacy-101articles.html
and the series referenced in this one:
https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2019/09/tuesdays-tip-options-message-boxes-beginner.html
And keep up with the current series.
This weeks Tuesday's Tip is on the File Ribbon Tab/Toolbar
https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2019/09/tuesdays-tip-file-toolbar-beginner.html
You'll soon be as familiar and comfortable with Legacy as your were with
PAF.
Cathy
George Pacheco via LegacyUserGroup
<mailto:[email protected]>
Wednesday, 25 September 2019 6:11 AM
Hi,
Does anyone have this issue?
I have an issue, with Legacy, I keep loosing data, I keep getting an
error when entering an individual, My database is over 171,000 people,
and Media gets disconnect, I keep doping a relink. and it doesn't
link, I have switched to legacy from PAF, I have had it since windows
7 came out, I hate to switch, but this has happened many times, I
could use some feed back, why this happens.
Thanks,
George Pacheco
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On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, 05:06:52 PM EDT, Chris Hill
<[email protected]> wrote:
I think you need to do this.
On the file that you were modifying you need to locate all of the
modified individuals and export those to a new database, and then
merge that file back into your original file.
You can find the modified records by using the search to look for
everyone with an update date after you started working on the wrong
file. Then put a tag on those entries and use the export against those
by using that tag.
Merging those, and only those, will mean that they will be the only
ones to merge.
Regards
Chris
From my Motorola G6+
On Tue, 24 Sep 2019, 19:35 Gloria DeSousa, <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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Chris Hill <mailto:[email protected]>
Wednesday, 25 September 2019 5:05 AM
I think you need to do this.
On the file that you were modifying you need to locate all of the
modified individuals and export those to a new database, and then
merge that file back into your original file.
You can find the modified records by using the search to look for
everyone with an update date after you started working on the wrong
file. Then put a tag on those entries and use the export against those
by using that tag.
Merging those, and only those, will mean that they will be the only
ones to merge.
Regards
Chris
From my Motorola G6+
Gloria DeSousa <mailto:[email protected]>
Wednesday, 25 September 2019 2:34 AM
Hi,
For whatever reason I can no longer recall, I began a "new" family
file using my older family file, meaning it was the same file but
different name. I obviously then forgot to move to my main family file
to continue doing my usual inputting of information and where I do all
my work. Unknowingly, I kept working on this "new" file for 11 days
before I switched back to the family file I always work with, and the
only file I want. I want to move only the portion that is new from the
new file to the more established file, where I should have been
inputting information in the first place. I tried many things, such as
importing the entire "new" file into the established file but with
over 30,000 individuals in my tree, that produced 900,000 duplications
to review based on the criteria I chose. I tried the help index, read
up on tagging and hashtags, to no avail. Is there a way to do this?
Thanks for any help,
Gloria
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