On 14 Feb 2006 at 17:45, Linda Bischoff wrote: > Be aware that flash drives can fail. My daughter lost some very > important college work by saving her work on a flash drive that failed. > (It was a Sony, so buying a good one doesn't make a difference.) I > regularly use the flash drive to move work from one computer to another, > but not to save info permanently.
But you will still have copies on two different computers, so there is a backup. I've said this before, but I'll say it again - I use the following batch files for copying my data (including Legacy data) from my desktop to a flash drive, and similar ones for copying it to and from the laptop. On my desktop computer the Legacy data is on the E: drive, and on the laptop it's on the C: drive. On the dsktop computer the flash drive is the J: drive. === Batch file begins === echo Copying transfer files from Steve's Desktop to Flash ROM c: Echo Copying FHS files e: cd \Family\Famhist move *.fil f:\FHSBack pause REM move *.tmp f:\FHSback pause move *.bak f:\FHSback pause Echo Copying askSam files cd \asksam move *.tmp f:\tempback move *.bak f:\tempback move *.sav f:\tempback Echo Archiving data files f: cd \Archives arj u -r FHSTrans e:\family arj u -r Inmagic e:\Inmagic arj u -r Textfile g:\Textfile arj u -r AskSam e:\asksam arj u -r rdfFiles e:\paf\rdfdata\*.doc arj u -r rdfFiles e:\paf\rdfdata\*.dat arj u -r askSam4 g:\stevedoc\*.ask arj u -r jotnote g:\stevedoc\*.jot bac *.arj j: Echo Copying Legacy data files e: cd \Legacy\Data bac *.* j:\Legacy\Data cd \Legacy\Pictures bac *.* j:\Legacy\Pictures cd \ c: cd \windows bac outlook.pst j:\ e: cd \Treepad bac *.hjt j:\ pause Dir j: pause === Batch file ends === BAC.COM is a useful little utility over 20 years old, written in the days when floppy disks were common. It copies only new and changed files, and thus saves quite a bit of time over the COPY command. Also, if the floppy disk was full, it would prompt you to insert another one in the target drive. If anyone would like it, ask, and I'll send it by e-mail attachment. No guarantees, and I don't know what it will do with long fileneames. -- Steve Hayes E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.geocities.com/hayesstw/stevesig.htm Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group 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
