[LegacyUG] Reinstall legacy
Hello Here is a question for all the savvy computer techs. My computer died yesterday but before it did I got everything backed up to my external hard drive. If I replace my hard drive do I just copy and paste all my files back to my computer? When I re load legacy from my external hard drive will it still be deluxe? Or do I need a password to reinstate the deluxe version? Thanks Rich Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Reinstall legacy
Hello Here is a question for all the savvy computer techs. My computer died yesterday but before it did I got everything backed up to my external hard drive. If I replace my hard drive do I just copy and paste all my files back to my computer? When I re load legacy from my external hard drive will it still be deluxe? Or do I need a password to reinstate the deluxe version? Thanks Rich Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Reinstall legacy
Number 1 rule of backup: If you can't restore, it isn't a backup. From your message, it is difficult to tell if you have a full computer backup or just copies of some of the files. A full computer backup should be useful in restoring everything that you had on the computer to the time when the backup was made. If you only have copies of some files, then you will have to re-install the computer operating system and programs followed by copying the files back to where they will be accessible by the software. Ron Taylor On Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:45 AM, rfalz...@yahoo.com rfalz...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Here is a question for all the savvy computer techs. My computer died yesterday but before it did I got everything backed up to my external hard drive. If I replace my hard drive do I just copy and paste all my files back to my computer? When I re load legacy from my external hard drive will it still be deluxe? Or do I need a password to reinstate the deluxe version? Thanks Rich Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Reinstall legacy
Your Legacy Customer Number is stored in a file somewhere on the computer. Whether you have included that in your backup, and whether that file is restored, is another matter. Regardless of that, when you get your new computer up and running if I were you I would go to the Legacy web site and download a fresh copy of the program, rather than restoring a backup of it. That way you get the latest release, installed the way it's meant to be. (I know that a good backup/image should be able to restore the system fully, but I do not have the knowledge/skills to do that myself and be sure of the outcome. As always the old adage your mileage may be different applies, but the fact that Rich is asking these questions says he probably doesn't, either.) Once you've done that, and restored your data files, open Legacy and see if your Deluxe number is there or not. If not, put it in the right place, and you're away laughing once again. If you don't know your Deluxe number and can't find it anywhere, contact Legacy Support and they will be able to help you. Hope this helps. :-) Wendy rfalz...@yahoo.com said the following on 17/03/2014 3:45 a.m.: Hello Here is a question for all the savvy computer techs. My computer died yesterday but before it did I got everything backed up to my external hard drive. If I replace my hard drive do I just copy and paste all my files back to my computer? When I re load legacy from my external hard drive will it still be deluxe? Or do I need a password to reinstate the deluxe version? Thanks Rich Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Reinstall legacy
Rich, How and with what did you backup your hard drive? I only know that a lot of backups are not complete enough to just copy to another hard drive and have the system operate as it did. Good chance you will need to install all your software, Windows, Legacy, etc., from scratch, and update all of them, then restore your Legacy data by using the Legacy program, or copying the Legacy data files into the new installation. Be sure you have anti-virus software running as soon as possible! Jay === On 3/16/2014 9:45 AM, rfalz...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Here is a question for all the savvy computer techs. My computer died yesterday but before it did I got everything backed up to my external hard drive. If I replace my hard drive do I just copy and paste all my files back to my computer? When I re load legacy from my external hard drive will it still be deluxe? Or do I need a password to reinstate the deluxe version? Thanks Rich Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
