Some of my notes apply to a whole family, sometimes several
generations of that family, rather than to an individual. Has anyone any
ideas about how and where to enter these in Legacy?
TIA, Edna W.
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Hi
Susan,
Thank you. I do understand there are two programs here to consider.
My understanding of the Palms, using Palm OS and not Windows, is that
they are read-only. In other words, you can transfer from Legacy but not
do any input at the library. You would have easy access to to-do
lists, lo
Thanks you Peter, Dawn, and Linda for your information and
helpful suggestions on my maybe-coming PDA. Yes, Peter, I
definitely research these things and it sounds like an excellent idea to
try to get hold of one to try first. I had read about the folding
keyboards and am glad to know one has to
Well, that was pretty stupid of me, wasn't it?! List Posting 101 - check the
address to which you're sending your mail!
Oh well, no matter - now you all know my opinion on the subject, which I had no
intention of posting - not because I particularly wanted to keep it private but
because I did
Hello,
Thankyou all for your help with my problem.
I will try all your suggestions out and see how I go.
With Thanks again
Lyall
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Hi Judie,
Please don't feel like a troll for asking
an innocent question. The fault, if any, lies with those who chose to make
you feel that way with their choice of words in their replies. They
had little or no consideration for other peoples' feelings, and that is not
your fault. Unfo
Mary, your questions indicate you like to do good research.
So beg, borrow or hire a PDA to see if you like using them.
Note that you can get separate folding keyboards that range
from lousy to brilliant to make input easier. The best
keyboards connect using Bluetooth radio, not a physical
connecti
Thank you for the link. They are certainly using the correct
dye for longevity.
Peter
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> -Original Message-
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Lyall
If somone else is doing the final editing for the book,
then I am going to suggest what you need to do to
make it easier for whoever that is.
Do NOT use Create it as Text file. You cannot really
just use a simple file.
DEFINITELY use Create as Rich Text File.
This will have a number of advan
Hi Lyall,
Rich Text file is a format that holds formatting that can be opened
in any Word Processor. eg Microsoft Word or Open Office or Word Perfect ...
If you are wanting to produce a book and be able to edit it, you're
better off using the RTF option than plain text. With the RTF option,
Then, of course, somebody in the "bloodline" takes a DNA test and the
whole discussion is moot. Anybody been keeping up with the problems
the Mayflower Association has been struggling with? Seems to me each
person has to decide the direction and scope of their research and
that becomes their def
Hi Peggy,
Are you adding your narrative in the Event Note?
Current capacity for event note in Legacy 6 is a million characters.
I think it was similar in Legacy 4. That's a lot of words.
If you are writing your narrative in the Description field you'll
soon meet a limit.
Cathy
At 11:07 PM
Thing is, this list is not about what does or does not constitute
genealogy/family history. It's about software and how to help others
use it to accomplish what they want it to do. I don't recall seeing a
disclaimer that said that Legacy could only be used for recording
genealogy and not fa
Clem,
I have tried it both ways today, and I like saving this spreadsheet as a
Sound file - when I click it, it automatically opens to a size that I can
read it. When I save it as a picture, it doesn't. There may be a better
way than I am doing, but so far I'm saving Census Trackers as Sound fil
Me, too, Tom. Actually, I learned a lot from the discussion but am sorry to
have stirred up controversy. Has anyone considered creating a FAQ for this
list so that newbies don't endlessly bring up old issues? My original
question was quite innocent, but now I feel like a troll. Even so, I am
gratef
Hi Jan,
The only way to know for sure that something is a bug is to see
whether someone else can duplicate your problem.
You reported your problem here, I checked. Although you've had a lot
of answers saying what you may have wrong, I'm not sure how many have
checked and can't reproduce your
Mary,
GEDSTAR Pro is the Gene program to use with a Palm PDA. I have a Palm Z22
and am able to transfer all my Legacy Data over to the PDA using Gedstar.
My desktop computer uses Windows XP and I have no problem taking data over
to the Palm.
I think Pocket Genealogist is for the other brand
Judie,
I did as you suggested and the "Relationship to Father" was blank as was
"Child Status" and "Relationship to Mother" boxes. Thank you.
Jan
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To:
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 6:53 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Desc. Narrative problem
Ron,
Thank you for all of these suggestions. I've not had trouble with multiple
marriages with children until I entered this one where the child of the
mother was adopted by the father. I guess I'll need to start from scratch
with this family and try again with your suggestions. Thanks agai
The first point is that there is nothing wrong with genealogy and
family history.
The second point is that one cannot pretend to be the other.
In my "opinion" family history is the documentory of events,
influences and circumstances that occur along the genetic path that
deliveres all of us
I have a Palm pilot, T3 is the model. I
also have a new laptop, purchased a couple of years AFTER I got the palm pilot.
My new laptop has Windows XP media edition. I tried to use the palm pilot with
it, but found out that Palm doesn’t support Windows XP media
edition! I have used it with W
Ron, you are talking about a man and his wife who, for whatever reason, had
no children. You can treat them as you like. The situation being discussed
is when there is a child involved...
And, it is not "my defintion". This has always been the criteria. If you
wish to accept family social
What I have assumed is that one of the two parents gave birth to the child -
that the child is not adopted. If indeed the child is adopted then the whole
issue is moot. Otherwise to my knowledge and understanding the female giving
birth is the mother regardless of family connections. The other "par
Rich text (rtf) can be opened in Word Pad (which is usually included on most
computers) and more sophisticated word processors such as Word (Office) and
Open Office. Just treat Word Pad as an improved version of Note Pad. Unless
you have some fairly expensive gear it is not possible to edit pdf
Sherry,
I just noticed that when I replied to a message it went out
as HTML. I am assuming that the person I replied to was using
HTML and that is why it happened. I use Outlook Express and have
your address marked to only be sent as "plain text." Even though
you now have a new mail server
Hi Judy,
lol.
You can do that; just give her two mothers as I suggested (and a note)
Ron
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I am afraid it's your logic that seems faulty. If my uncle and his wife have
no children then there is no bloodliine connection between me, my
descendants and my ancestors and my aunt and her family.
In any event I reject your definition as to what is genealogically "correct"
Ron Ferguson
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Lyall, here's what I do.
Create a PDF file.
Open it.
On the menu bar at the top, click "edit" then choose "copy to clipboard."
Open Word
Paste
Hope this helps!
Judie
-Original Message-
From: Lyall Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 2:34 PM
To: Legacy Use
Sometimes it's hard to phrase a question clearly...sorry. Let me try again.
>Genelogy is all about "genes" - i.e. the bloodline. Either an individual is
in the >bloodline or not. In this case if the mother of the child is indeed
in the bloodline then >the partner relationship actually has no beari
On 21 Jul 2006 Diane Murach wrote:
> I'm off to a genealogy library next week and I know there are many of
> the vital records books for both Connecticut and Massachusetts.
> How can I create a list to bring with me of each location in MA or CT,
> and the names of those born, mar or died there b
Mike,
I am sure you are rather "miffed" but perhaps you are misdirecting your
blame for the problem. The REAL culprit is the mail-server that is
allowing it to be passed through to us.
Don
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From: "Mike Fry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
May I take this opportunity to remi
This debate about same-sex marriages seems to pop up again and again,
and I think people are missing the point. It really doesn't make a
difference whether it 'is' or 'is not' true genealogy to record same-sex
marriages in your family tree, it's about what people choose to record.
Nobody ha
I am not getting dupes but even if I was I would
not complain (this month). Double is much better than what we were getting and I
am really excited to be getting mail again. :))) Does that say something
about what I do all day? Are not do??
Myrna
in paradise
Legacy User Group guidelines c
Jan, try this, if you haven't already:
In family view, open the family where Karen is the daughter. Right click on
any of the children, and choose "Children's Settings." Highlight Karen and
see if there is an entry in "Relationship to Father" at the bottom. If so,
make sure it is correct.
Judie
Tom Montgomery wrote:
Faulty logic. Both individuals have ancestors to which they have a blood
relationship. Having no children has no bearing on it..
Tom
When you used the term "THE bloodline" and "THE data base" it sounded
like you were requiring that everyone in the
>Below is simply what I would do and reflects my view of genealogy and
>reporting.
>Ron Ferguson
>I would not go down that route as there was no relationship between the
>cousins other than joint "mothers". BTW How would you decide as to whom to
>give the role of "father/husband" :)
Aye, ther
Sorry Jan, I misread/misunderstood your your original post.
I would try starting from scratch (as I am sure you have several times). I
would unlink Karen, Alice and Alice's husband from each other not forgetting
to remove the adoption link(s) for Alice. Check also that there is no
adotion link
no dupes recently
Henry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 9:55 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dupes ?
For those of you who are getting duplicates - check your email prog
Below is simply what I would do and reflects my view of genealogy and
reporting.
Ron Ferguson
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Jim,
From the standpoint of clarity and filesize I would think that opening an Excel, Word, etc file in its native format is preferable to storing as a graphic, especially in the case of multi-page files. What are the downsides to native format vs. graphic?
Clem Ras
On 7/21/06, Jim Winfrey <[
And actually I m not sure of your question. You are looking at bloodlines
and with a male/female situation both parents have ancestors. If you have a
female/female, or male/male, parent situation one of the two has to be the
natural parent of the child - the other is a partner only as there is no
b
I'm off to a genealogy library next week and I know there are many of the
vital records books for both Connecticut and Massachusetts.
How can I create a list to bring with me of each location in MA or CT, and
the names of those born, mar or died there before 1850?
I need step-by-step directions.
Hi Jennie,
A jpg is typically smaller because it is just an image and doesn't
contain any intelligence. BUT on a document by document basis it can
change. Docs with lots if info will usually favor jpg.
Jim
On 7/21/06, Jennie Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jim: A question -- which is the
I never did get dupes, either on the day when the deluge of
messages began, or afterwards when I route them to a folder through a
filter. I'm using Eudora, if that makes any difference, and my
filtering is fairly simple-minded.
Mary
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Faulty logic. Both individuals have ancestors to which they have a blood
relationship. Having no children has no bearing on it..
Tom
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Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 12:21 PM
To: LegacyUserGr
Hello,
Thankyou Peter for your reply.
I have Legacy 6 Deluxe.
I am supposed to be generating a Narrative book report for a Family Book to
be printed later on.
I need to be able to alter the wording, or add in that a photo/article is to
be inserted etc.
(As someone else is going to do the final edi
Cathy,
Thank you for checking the problem I'm having. I have been getting the
problem when I start with Karen or her parents, but when I put this into
"Descendants" rather than "Descendant Narrative", it seems to print out
fine. Is there something I should check further in case I've entered
Paul,
I am getting interested in Pocket Genealogist but I know nothing about
PDAs. Would you care to expand on your experience with one?
Features? What you like and dislike? I have read that if you
are able to enter information on them (which I would want) it's with a
stylus. Does one get c
Jim: A question -- which is the smaller file, a JPG
or a PDF of, say, a typed-in census page?
Jennie
--- Jim Winfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Carol,
>
> Check Robert's response again. You CAN scan the
> form as a *.jpg file
> which is a picture image. I scan all my census
> forms in and
Don,
Thank you for your reply to my question. I noticed that I am having this
problem when I use "Descendant Narrative", but when I chose just
"Descendents" under Book Reports, I am not having this problem. Is there
something I need to do to make this work right or have I made some error in
You can save any kind of media in Legacy but Excel, Word, etc will
open in their native format. If you download (or "Save") directly
from Ancestry.com the image will be a jpg. The simplest thing to do
with non-picture documents is to go to www.hamrick.com and download
their shareware program Vue
I am assuming that you mean I can print a paper copy of the Census Tracker
form that Census Tools generates and then scan it, save it as a jpg file and
attach it that way. If so, that would be better - it would be easier to
attach multiple people to the form. The only drawback I think would be the
Susan,
Thank you for your reply. I checked the parents icon while viewing Alice as
you suggested, and the one line has Karen and Alice's adoptive father marked
as prefered parents and on the other line it has Karen and unknown as the
other set of parents. It doesn't list her grandparents in
Ron,
After I entered husband and wife, John Bach and Fern Oke, in Family View, I
then added Karen as their daugher as I've done many other families, so I
shouldn't have to write in that John is her biological father. My printout
is saying that John is her adoptive father which he isn't. It i
Tom,
Wow! I didn't know that. I always thought of genealogy as a historical
record rather than a genetic one. Bloodlines and history are each important
in their own right. Biological traits are strictly bloodline-related, and
very important medically, and for the sake of understanding physical tra
Tom Montgomery wrote:
But if the mother is not in the bloodline then actually none
should be included in the data base as there is no blood relationship to the
ancestors.
Using that logic, the "had no children" flag can be eliminated. If a
married couple had no children, only one of them can po
Wikipedia:
"Genealogy is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. This involves the
collection of the names of relatives, both living and deceased, and
establishing the relationships between them based on primary, secondary
and/or circumstantial evidence or documentation, thus building up a
I use eudora and am still recieving duplicates. Have looked at my
filters but still have not figured out the problem. Are there any
Eudora users out there?
KathyAt 01:49 PM 7/21/2006, you wrote:
I checked my filters. After tweaking them, the duplicates stopped. If
anyone is using Outlook, ema
> A recurring theme ...
I apologize. I'm new to the group, and searching the archives seems to not
be working at the moment...I tried. Again, I'm very sorry to bring up old
issues. Please understand that this is not a social statement of any kind,
but rather a desire to document what exists, regar
Carol,
Check Robert's response again. You CAN scan the form as a *.jpg file
which is a picture image. I scan all my census forms in and attach
them to the applicable individuals or families this way.
Jim
On 7/21/06, Carol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thank you!! I knew there had to be a w
I got duplicates only when the group started back up a few days ago.
Every single email that downloaded the first time I logged on was a
duplicate. Since then, I'm only getting one of each message. The only
thing I did was delete the dupes.
Dawn
Support wrote:
That's right... With all th
Peggy-
Would writing your
narrative in Notes do what you want? Click on the individual, and then click on
the icon that looks like a notepad. If not, write back, and we will find a
solution for you.
Robert
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Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT
I checked my filters. After tweaking them, the duplicates stopped. If
anyone is using Outlook, email me off line and I will help if I can.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen
Ballard
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 11:21 AM
To: LegacyUserGro
This is an article about a VERY distant cousin (if you believe in evolution).
From: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/goat_wedding/
Published Tuesday 28th February 2006 15:17 GMT
NSFW A Sudanese goat-fancier has been forced to walk down the aisle with his
four-legged victim after the anim
Thank you!! I
knew there had to be a way, but I never thought of trying to attach it as a
Sound or Video image. I guess it wouldn’t work as a Picture image
because the program was only looking for picture files and wouldn’t let
me change the file format.
Carol
From:
[EMA
Robert,
I'm not getting any duplicate messages at all.
--
Regards,
Ron Bernier
Quoting Robert Carneal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Sherry, can I take it that you are not getting duplicates? -Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Support
Sent:
Select the sentence override tab and in that screen type:
[notes].
TomM
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
PatSent: Friday, July 21, 2006 8:08 AMTo: Legacy User
GroupSubject: [LegacyUG] Events
When entring events for an individual, I like
Genelogy is all about "genes" - i.e. the bloodline. Either an individual is
in the bloodline or not. In this case if the mother of the child is indeed
in the bloodline then the partner relationship actually has no bearing on
the situation. But if the mother is not in the bloodline then actually non
Lucy:
Be sure and have all contributors, either in writing
on your forms or dictating to you, get logged as
sources! That means that all who make notes or
corrections on your forms need to sign or inital
(legibly) their entries!
Jennie
--- Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lucy,
> What I
That's right... With all the emails I get, one of each is enough
I have found that if my filters aren't set right, I'll get duplicates - you
need to make sure that you're filtering the email itself and not making a
copy to filter to another folder.
Thanks for using Legacy.
Sherry
Customer Suppo
Thank you. That *proves* it is me. I have 97 filtering rules! Then
it has to be one of those. I wish I could sort the rules!!
Thank you.
Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Glen Ballard
Sent: 2006-07-21 11:21
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfa
Robert,
I have not received any duplicate messages.
Glen Ballard
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program can be downloaded FREE at
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.
Peggy,
I think Legacy 4 Deluxe had the capability for creating your own
custom notes for events. I know both 5 and 6 have it. I do what
you're talking about a lot. I write the custom event note/sentence as
I want it to read when printed in the various reports. It makes more
sense. But keep i
May I take this opportunity to remind a lot of people about points 3, 6
and 9 on the LUG Etiquette page. I'm getting rather miffed with all of
the HTML appearing in messages!
--
Regards,
Mike Fry
Johannesburg.
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Carol,
You can attach any kind of file you wish as a Sound or Video in Legacy.
Click on the Picture Gallery icon as if you were going to insert a picture.
Click on the Sound (or Video) icon.
In the Load Sound File window, click on Files of Type and select All Files (*.*)
Navigate to the folder
Dear Lucy,
Another great part of having a laptop
at reunions, is to record information that is being given orally. My
father is 91 and we were able to record onto the laptop...and the WONDERFUL
Legacy program allowed me to insert the audio about different people onto their
family view
When entring events for an individual, I like to simply enter the event name, and then write a short narrative relative to that person. I do not want to enter place, date, & description -- I want to include that in the narrative. Is there a way to do this? I have 4.0 Deluxe. I tried and t
Well, not ideal, but two ways I use.
1. Scan the census image (either one you transcribed or the original) and
save as JPG
2. OR, Display the census as large as you can on the screen and make a
screen shot- save that as a JPG
Then associate that census with whomever you want to just like you woul
From: "C.G. Ouimet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
A recurring theme ...
While it may be legally possible and socially acceptable to have partners
of the same gender, it is biologically and genealogically impossible.
Legacy currently operates on biology/genealogy principles as all genealogy
programs
Sherry, can I take it that you are not getting duplicates? -Robert
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Support
Sent: 2006-07-21 09:55
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dupes ?
For those of you who are getting duplic
I use a not-too-expensive program called Docucom PDF Direct by Zeon
http://www.pdfwizard.com/eng/product/buydrv.asp which will make a PDF from
any Word/Excel etc document. Then you can attach it as a PDF to Legacy
for your own use and can snapshot the people you want on the PDF page as a
JPG to at
For those of you who are getting duplicates - check your email program
filters or rules. They may need to be recreated or modified.
Thanks for using Legacy.
Sherry
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
We are changing the world of genealogy!
Wh
I like to use the worksheets by CensusTools to manage my census information.
Is there any way to save these types of worksheets and associate them with
an individual in Legacy, like I would a picture? If so, could someone give
me instructions on how to do this?
Thanks,
Carol
Legacy User Group
At first, it was -about- half of the message that were getting duplicated.
Now, it is almost all of them, if not actually all of them.
But I can and do delete the dupes. It is quick and easy. So I am not about
to complain since I'd rather have this group back up!
Thanks for telling me.
Robert
-
I am also getting duplicates of almost all the messages.
Paul
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert
Carneal
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 11:14 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Dupes ?
Some of the posts are
Lucy,
What I do for our family is keep my laptop up but password
protected. I have family group sheets printed in notebooks. Over our three
day reunion, people make corrections to the family group sheets. Then I
make the corrections when I get home and print the new family group sheets.
Good point Linda. I am a family historian first and a genealogist
second but the two really can't mix. The way you prescribe handling
these situation takes care of both worlds about as well as it can be
be done. There are a male and a female behind the creation of each of
us unless we are a par
It never ceases to amaze me! This is GENEALOGY. This is NOT sociology. A
person MUST have a MALE and a FEMALE for parents, no matter the family
environment. There is no "solution" for that. If the child has two mothers,
one of them adopted, he/she must still have a father, even if that person's
nam
A recurring theme ...
While it may be legally possible and socially acceptable to have
partners of the same gender, it is biologically and genealogically
impossible. Legacy currently operates on biology/genealogy principles
as all genealogy programs and databases should.
Allowing same gende
Wow! 10 times the price of regular DVD-R's ...
At 2006/07/21 05:18, you wrote:
Hi Peter,
Check out this web site.
http://www.delkin.com/products/archivalgold/scratcharmor.html
I read about this product in an article from a photography magazine. It
sounds like these disks are great. My concern
I have scoured every corner of Legacy and can't work out this problem. I
assume that it cannot be done, but wonder if anyone else has faced this
situation and found a solution.
In my tree, I have a family with two female parents who have a child. One is
the biological parent, the other has adopted
Hi Peter,
Check out this web site.
http://www.delkin.com/products/archivalgold/scratcharmor.html
I read about this product in an article from a photography magazine. It
sounds like these disks are great. My concern is that technology changes so
rapidly that in 100 years no machine will be able to
Dave,
I did cut down my description a bit - we're almost identical in process
except I do it manually. My programming isn't up to much, so I haven't tried
to set up a batch process.
However I do keep my multimedia files on the USB drive as well and backup
these in the same way as the fdb and zip
Lyall, to help to try to reproduce this, can you say
What version of Legacy and Deluxe or not.
You don't say how you are "create"ing the report. Do you
mean printing it on a printer?
If so, does it occur when you produce a text, HTML or
a Rich Text File instead of printing it?
If you have Deluxe, d
Beth Gay wrote
Great feature. Not only does the event clipboard copy and paste the
event; it also copies the source and citation. Thanks to Legacy for
this feature. I have the Deluxe edition; but according to the help
section this feature is available on the Standard as well. Very useful
when
I found an easy way to add these additional files to the backup.
a) Find the Legacy backup file and double click it so you open the zip file
b) use windows explorer to open the Legacy Data folder
c) select and copy the missing files to the zip file
By putting the two windows (zip file contents and
Carol
Assuming that you really do have a CD burner (it will
have a symbol stamped in the front of the tray that
has more words than just Compact Disc)
then
assume that Windows is correct and that there is
something wrong with the CD-R in it. Remove that
disc and put in a NEW, BLANK CD-R disc, and t
CD-Rs do NOT have such reliability. The longest average life
you could expect out of a standard CD-R nowadays would be
two years, PROVIDED you kept it under truly ideal conditions,
which most of us have no hope achieving.
Good luck finding archival CD-Rs. I haven't seen any at all for
over two year
Sherry
Correction. You do not have to rename a file to burn
it again on a CD-R. As long as it has a later version
date it will "replace" the existing file, and the older
file will be invisible for all practical purposes.
Peter
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Peter Haught
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