The computer won't necessarily 'find' your backup file - depending on how you 'back it up". If you do 'backup' when Legacy prompts you (or File/Backup) it will backup to your computer. Then you can Restore it by going to File/Restore. I do a quick backup to my computer whenever I do something a little 'risky' like a big merge. To do that I go to the file location and do a 'copy' and then 'paste' of the Family File. (you get a 'filename - copy.fdb" file with date and time stamp) I have a 1.5GB file and that takes me *30 seconds*. If I do mess up my main file then I can delete it and rename my copy so I can continue from the point before I screwed up! I also use this method to do a quick backup to a USB drive. This doesn't backup the media but you could take the same approach there. However I take a little differently for the media as I have about 12GB and copy/paste takes quite a while.
I keep periodic backups of my Family file (using the copy/paste method) to the main drive of my computer, a second backup to a second hard drive on my computer, another to a flash drive, another to Dropbox. I also have a backup drive connected to my computer. Overly cautious, maybe, but I have been in IT for over 40 years and have never had a catastrophic data loss. Bob On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 4:22 PM Angus MacLean <[email protected]> wrote: > What Jenny Benson stated about how to Backup your Legacy File is accurate > to a point but will the program find your file in the new location. I am > having major difficulty copying the file to another location (e.g. external > backup) in the event my computer crashes. I would be grateful to learn the > proper method. > > On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 1:26 PM Jenny M Benson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 27/08/2023 04:50, Ian Macaulay wrote: >> > When I say yes to the backup of the file, where does it go to? >> >> When you select Backup from the File menu you will be presented with a >> tab labelled Backup with the name and location of your Family File at >> the top. Below that is a tick box next to "Backup to my computer." >> Then there are 2 tick boxes labelled Family File and Media Files. Below >> each of those is the full location of the last backups which you made. >> Alongside there is the option to "Change" so you can specify exactly >> where you want your backups to be saved. >> -- >> >> Jenny M Benson >> Wrexham, UK >> >> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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