Hi, I also use a flash drive, and back-up to the hard drive.
It's a lot easier to carry from home to the local FHC, and between computers at home. Carol -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Ballard Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 1:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] confusing myself w/ 2 machines Legacy can't run from the flash drives. I have my DATABASE (*.FDB and all associated files) on the flash drive. I backup to my desktop computer's hard drive. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Cirillo Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 12:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] confusing myself w/ 2 machines Glen, I understood that Legacy made a data file on the run so to speak as data are entered. The "Backup" feature creates a compressed file for outside storage. Do I understand you that you have the entire Legacy program on the USB drive or backup to the drive and restore on the other computer? Hope I make some sense. Nick Cirillo --- Glen Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve & Julie, > > I use my USB Flash drive as my DATA drive and do all my work from it. > My Legacy Database is located on the USB Flash drive and ONLY on my > USB Flash drive. I do regular backups of my USB drive to my desktop > computer's hard drive. > > This has been discussed in past emails on this list. > You can go back to the > archives and search for how I setup my directory structure to make it > easier. > > I keep my images (as small thumbnail type .jpg's) on my USB Flash > drive as well. I have all my data with me when I go to the FHC or a > family member's house. > > With my method, there is NO jockeying of files from one machine to the > other. > > Current space used by my database & images is 217 MB. I do keep much > more on my USB Flash drive, so I do have a 2GB drive. > > Glen Ballard > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------- > P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy > program can be downloaded FREE at > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=3AV63La > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 8:44 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] confusing myself w/ 2 machines > > > On 13 Apr 2006 at 22:16, J. Michutka wrote: > > > I recently got a 3rd-hand laptop (college > daughter's cast-off when she > > upgraded) in addition to my desktop computer. I > put Legacy on the laptop > > (it's also on my desktop at home) so that I can > take it along when I'm > doing > > research. Transferred copies of my files, etc, > everything went ok. My > plan > > was that every time I made an addition/change to > one copy of a Legacy > family > > file, I'd back it up and transfer it to the other > machine. > > > > OK, you can guess, I didn't......I made different > changes to my favorite > > family file on each machine, without first > updating/backing up. Musta > been > > brain-dead when I did that! How do I get this > file to be identical on > both > > machines again, each having the changes I made in > the other copy? > > Decide which one you made the most changes on, and > keep that. > > Print out the changes you made in the other copy, > and then enter them into > the first one. > > I do what you do. > > I hopy my Legacy datafiles from my laptop to my > desktop and back again, > usian > a USB flash drive, sometimes twice a day, and > occasionally I've forgotten to > do so, or the files didn't copy properly, and I've > entered it in the wrong > one. And then I've had to retype the information, > though in some cases I was > able to copy/paste via a third program (like > Treepad). > > -- > 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/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > 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. 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