Thanks, Cathy, for the help. Angus On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 12:32 AM Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote:
> Angus, > Legacy won't necessarily go straight to the folder with your backup zips > in it, particularly if your backup location is an external drive. You > may need to navigate to it when using File > Restore File and you do > have to choose which backup zip you want to restore. You can restore to > a different filename and you should practice this. Call it test or > something. You can provide the new filename at different stages in the > restore process. Legacy will warn you if there is a file of the same > name in the folder you are restoring to and you can rename at that > stage. If you're not confident using a backup, it doesn't give you the > same peace of mind. Once you've seen it restored and then with the > restored file open use File > Delete File. > > It's far better to use the backup zip for your data than copy and paste > your Legacy family file with all its secondary files. The backup zips > them all together and adds a date and time to the filename of the zip. > Also far easier than copying and pasting files or dragging and dropping. > > You can use the media backup as well but I keep my Legacy Media in > Dropbox and backup my Dropbox folders to external drives regularly so I > have a copy in the cloud and locally on external drives if my computer > fails. Media doesn't need to be backed up so often. > > Cathy > > Bob Austen <mailto:[email protected]> > > Thursday, 2 November 2023 10:37 > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > Angus MacLean <mailto:[email protected]> > > Thursday, 2 November 2023 07:21 > > 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. > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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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