Hi Ellaine, I have been using a memory stick for 3 years. I have had one go bad, however I did have it backed up. I back up every time I exit Legacy. I use my memory stick for my data drive with all photos and data. I back up to my hard drive. This way I have my data with me at all times and can access it anywhere.
If my hard drive crashes, I still have it on my memory stick and vise versa. I also have the Legacy5Setup.exe file on my memory stick to install on any computer that doesn't have it. I keep this up to date. It has the latest build ready to install. Glen -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ellaine Goodall Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 3:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Correspondence Tracking Dear Brian: I am new to Legacy but recently I attended a local genealogy seminar and they were talking about the memory sticks which you put into the USB Port. One girl said that she always had all of her data with her at all times this way and wore it around her neck--another said that she kept it on her key chain. So I went out and bought one because one always thinks about what would happen if one lost all of this work. I was not able to get it to work and so called tech support. Tech support asked my why I had pruchased it and I told him the above. He said that they were not created for that purpose and that if exposed to certain frequences all of the data would be erased. He said that an employee put one in a filing cabinet and evidently some current was running under the cabinet and when he went to use it it was blank. Has anyone else run into this problem? I was very disappointed as these sticks seemed like such a good solution. Ellaine Goodall E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Schultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Correspondence Tracking > RonKZ wrote: > >> >> One is that I DO SAVE any eMail which has become source information, >> even after copy/paste into Legacy. This preserves the tracks, and >> makes it easy to ask the source when yet another question occurs! >> However, using Outlook Express for this has proven too unreliable and >> horribly difficult when switching computers or harddrives. Thus am >> trying Thunderbird as a free replacement; so far so good but not yet done testing. >> >> The other is that if our home burns, our computers just may be >> included in the casualty. Even if the fire never happens, computers die -- had >> several of those over the last 20 years! Yes, passing on the CD's >> would help, but would they include absolutely everything -- probably >> not. I haven't yet done this, but perhaps using an online backup >> service would make sense? Would be interested if others have! >> > > I also save all of my emails. I have been using Thunderbird since it > was in beta and have now switched all of my email and newsgroup > accounts to it. It not only has some wonderful features, it is also > more secure than LookOut or LookOut Express. One great feature is that > it will import messages, options and addresses in OE with ease. > > I also use a JumpDrive/Memory Stick/Key, what ever you want to call them. > You simply plug them into a USB port and you have another drive with > which to backup your files. I find that I am more likely to back up to > it than burn a CD on a regular basis. They are very inexpensive insurance. > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
