Legacy Back Up problem
Moderator: MOD_nyhetsgrupper
-
Charani
Legacy Back Up problem
I was using Legacy 5 but a computer crash resulted in a reformat and
reinstall, so I decided to install Legacy 6 but neither version will
recognise the zip folders of the original files. For some reason the
icons have changed. There were being kept on a different partition
and it was only the C: drive that was reformatted.
Before I commence re -inputting all the data, is there a way to
retrieve what I've already done?? I don't think there is but thought
I'd ask anyway.
reinstall, so I decided to install Legacy 6 but neither version will
recognise the zip folders of the original files. For some reason the
icons have changed. There were being kept on a different partition
and it was only the C: drive that was reformatted.
Before I commence re -inputting all the data, is there a way to
retrieve what I've already done?? I don't think there is but thought
I'd ask anyway.
-
Robert Heiling
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
Charani wrote:

Not sure what you mean by "zip" there. Legacy would be looking for your
..fdb file so far as I know. If you have zip files, then you need to
extract the contents with something like Winzip.
The icons come with the file association, i.e. file suffix. The file
associations haven't been associated in the same way in your new
installation as they were in the past.
Some confusion here needs clarifying.
Bob
I was using Legacy 5 but a computer crash resulted in a reformat and
reinstall,
so I decided to install Legacy 6 but neither version will
recognise the zip folders of the original files.
Not sure what you mean by "zip" there. Legacy would be looking for your
..fdb file so far as I know. If you have zip files, then you need to
extract the contents with something like Winzip.
For some reason the
icons have changed.
The icons come with the file association, i.e. file suffix. The file
associations haven't been associated in the same way in your new
installation as they were in the past.
There were being kept on a different partition
and it was only the C: drive that was reformatted.
Before I commence re -inputting all the data, is there a way to
retrieve what I've already done?? I don't think there is but thought
I'd ask anyway.
Some confusion here needs clarifying.
Bob
-
Charani
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:00:54 -0800, Robert Heiling wrote:
That was pretty much the reception here as well.
Yes, they were looking for .fdb files but they'd been zipped and I had
been able to open them OK before. There's PowerArchiver on my PC now
but I have a feeling it was Winzip before.
hadn't made the association with the old files, so both had a *very*
stern talking to and were made to recognise with each other again <G>
One of the files made the association with no problems just by opening
it but the other six had to be associated by extracting them. I know,
I'm doing an "Albert" <G> Anyway the files all seem to be there
perfectly all right now.
I think I just spent too long today sorting out and reinstalling and
updating programs and files and utilities, some of which went smoothly
and some didn't and my head's buzzing now and the mail side of
Mozilla still isn't working properly.
Charani wrote:
I was using Legacy 5 but a computer crash resulted in a reformat and
reinstall,
That was pretty much the reception here as well.
Not sure what you mean by "zip" there. Legacy would be looking for your
.fdb file so far as I know. If you have zip files, then you need to
extract the contents with something like Winzip.
Yes, they were looking for .fdb files but they'd been zipped and I had
been able to open them OK before. There's PowerArchiver on my PC now
but I have a feeling it was Winzip before.
The icons come with the file association, i.e. file suffix. The file
associations haven't been associated in the same way in your new
installation as they were in the past.
Some confusion here needs clarifying.
SOK) Problem's now solved. As you say the new installation
hadn't made the association with the old files, so both had a *very*
stern talking to and were made to recognise with each other again <G>
One of the files made the association with no problems just by opening
it but the other six had to be associated by extracting them. I know,
I'm doing an "Albert" <G> Anyway the files all seem to be there
perfectly all right now.
I think I just spent too long today sorting out and reinstalling and
updating programs and files and utilities, some of which went smoothly
and some didn't and my head's buzzing now and the mail side of
Mozilla still isn't working properly.
-
J. Hugh Sullivan
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:11:02 +0000, Charani <me@privacy.net> wrote:
Don't you have a GEDCOM of each data base that you could import into
V6?
Hugh
I was using Legacy 5 but a computer crash resulted in a reformat and
reinstall, so I decided to install Legacy 6 but neither version will
recognise the zip folders of the original files. For some reason the
icons have changed. There were being kept on a different partition
and it was only the C: drive that was reformatted.
Before I commence re -inputting all the data, is there a way to
retrieve what I've already done?? I don't think there is but thought
I'd ask anyway.
Don't you have a GEDCOM of each data base that you could import into
V6?
Hugh
-
Doug McDonald
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
Robert Heiling wrote:
Legacy backup files are .zip files. Legacy itself will open them. You
just go to the Legacy "file" menu and hit "restore" and rummage
around for .zip files.
(When you have Legacy make a backup, it makes the .zip file.)
You can indeed use Winzip to unzip a Legacy zip file. There are
three files inside the zip, and you just put them in the directory
you normally put Legacy files. Actually, you can ignore the
two files other than the .fdb if all you need is the genealogy data.
I'm not quite sure what is in the other two files.
Doug McDonald
so I decided to install Legacy 6 but neither version will
recognise the zip folders of the original files.
Not sure what you mean by "zip" there. Legacy would be looking for your
.fdb file so far as I know. If you have zip files, then you need to
extract the contents with something like Winzip.
Legacy backup files are .zip files. Legacy itself will open them. You
just go to the Legacy "file" menu and hit "restore" and rummage
around for .zip files.
(When you have Legacy make a backup, it makes the .zip file.)
You can indeed use Winzip to unzip a Legacy zip file. There are
three files inside the zip, and you just put them in the directory
you normally put Legacy files. Actually, you can ignore the
two files other than the .fdb if all you need is the genealogy data.
I'm not quite sure what is in the other two files.
Doug McDonald
-
Paul Blair
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
J. Hugh Sullivan wrote:
Read http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsBackups.asp
Paul
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:11:02 +0000, Charani <me@privacy.net> wrote:
I was using Legacy 5 but a computer crash resulted in a reformat and
reinstall, so I decided to install Legacy 6 but neither version will
recognise the zip folders of the original files. For some reason the
icons have changed. There were being kept on a different partition
and it was only the C: drive that was reformatted.
Before I commence re -inputting all the data, is there a way to
retrieve what I've already done?? I don't think there is but thought
I'd ask anyway.
Don't you have a GEDCOM of each data base that you could import into
V6?
Hugh
Read http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsBackups.asp
Paul
-
Robert Heiling
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
Doug McDonald wrote:
You're so right. Although I'm not a Legacy user, I keep a copy of a
somewhat dated genealogy in all of the usual software packages including
Legacy. So I just finished making a trial run through the procedure
using the Legacy 6 that I recently upgraded to and I see what you mean.
Thanks for the heads up!
Bob
Robert Heiling wrote:
Not sure what you mean by "zip" there. Legacy would be looking for your
.fdb file so far as I know. If you have zip files, then you need to
extract the contents with something like Winzip.
Legacy backup files are .zip files. Legacy itself will open them. You
just go to the Legacy "file" menu and hit "restore" and rummage
around for .zip files.
(When you have Legacy make a backup, it makes the .zip file.)
You can indeed use Winzip to unzip a Legacy zip file. There are
three files inside the zip, and you just put them in the directory
you normally put Legacy files. Actually, you can ignore the
two files other than the .fdb if all you need is the genealogy data.
I'm not quite sure what is in the other two files.
You're so right. Although I'm not a Legacy user, I keep a copy of a
somewhat dated genealogy in all of the usual software packages including
Legacy. So I just finished making a trial run through the procedure
using the Legacy 6 that I recently upgraded to and I see what you mean.
Thanks for the heads up!
Bob
-
Charani
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:29:23 GMT, J. Hugh Sullivan wrote:
I don't use GEDCOMs at all. It was Legacy's own zip files that I was
trying, and finally succeeded, in getting back into Legacy. Bob
Heiling was right about the associations not having been made.
Don't you have a GEDCOM of each data base that you could import into
V6?
I don't use GEDCOMs at all. It was Legacy's own zip files that I was
trying, and finally succeeded, in getting back into Legacy. Bob
Heiling was right about the associations not having been made.
-
Charani
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 08:20:34 +1100, Paul Blair wrote:
I've got an external hard drive which I can back up a second copy to.
Or at least I did until the reformat. I haven't yet got around to
checking my PC is still talking to the EHD.
I've got an external hard drive which I can back up a second copy to.
Or at least I did until the reformat. I haven't yet got around to
checking my PC is still talking to the EHD.
-
Paul Blair
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
Charani wrote:
Que?
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 08:20:34 +1100, Paul Blair wrote:
Read http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsBackups.asp
I've got an external hard drive which I can back up a second copy to.
Or at least I did until the reformat. I haven't yet got around to
checking my PC is still talking to the EHD.
Que?
-
Charani
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
Thanks to all those who replied. All is well in the Legacy dept again
)
-
Charani
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:44:33 -0600, Doug McDonald wrote:
I was wondering about those other two files, because some of the
folders only had two files, others had three. All the data seems to
be there though.
There are three files inside the zip, and you just put them in the
directory you normally put Legacy files. Actually, you can ignore
the two files other than the .fdb if all you need is the genealogy
data. I'm not quite sure what is in the other two files.
I was wondering about those other two files, because some of the
folders only had two files, others had three. All the data seems to
be there though.
-
Gjest
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:02:47 +0000, Charani <me@privacy.net> wrote:
That may be true, but Legacy doesn't depend on the association to
restore from a backup. My .zip's are associated with WinZip and I
restore from Legacy's .zips all the time.
--
Dennis
Bob Heiling was right about the associations not having been made.
That may be true, but Legacy doesn't depend on the association to
restore from a backup. My .zip's are associated with WinZip and I
restore from Legacy's .zips all the time.
--
Dennis
-
J. Hugh Sullivan
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:02:47 +0000, Charani <me@privacy.net> wrote:
Precisely my point... I backup and create GEBCOMs. I save both to my
desktop, my laptop and a portable USB HD. So what if I lose 1, 2 or 3
zips? Chances are that I will not lose all six. (I also back up to
CDs)
Overkill? Yes, but had you rather lose all your data or have it
because of overkill?
Hugh
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:29:23 GMT, J. Hugh Sullivan wrote:
Don't you have a GEDCOM of each data base that you could import into
V6?
I don't use GEDCOMs at all. It was Legacy's own zip files that I was
trying, and finally succeeded, in getting back into Legacy. Bob
Heiling was right about the associations not having been made.
Precisely my point... I backup and create GEBCOMs. I save both to my
desktop, my laptop and a portable USB HD. So what if I lose 1, 2 or 3
zips? Chances are that I will not lose all six. (I also back up to
CDs)
Overkill? Yes, but had you rather lose all your data or have it
because of overkill?
Hugh
-
Robert Heiling
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
"J. Hugh Sullivan" wrote:
But that's just a different backup preference with you preferring GEDCOM
and she preferring Legacy files. You can save as many copies as you like
of either. I personally don't use either style since I simply make a zip
file of the whole folder and save copies of that file. I never use the
backup feature of those programs,
Bob
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:02:47 +0000, Charani <me@privacy.net> wrote:
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:29:23 GMT, J. Hugh Sullivan wrote:
Don't you have a GEDCOM of each data base that you could import into
V6?
I don't use GEDCOMs at all. It was Legacy's own zip files that I was
trying, and finally succeeded, in getting back into Legacy. Bob
Heiling was right about the associations not having been made.
Precisely my point... I backup and create GEBCOMs. I save both to my
desktop, my laptop and a portable USB HD. So what if I lose 1, 2 or 3
zips? Chances are that I will not lose all six. (I also back up to
CDs)
Overkill? Yes, but had you rather lose all your data or have it
because of overkill?
But that's just a different backup preference with you preferring GEDCOM
and she preferring Legacy files. You can save as many copies as you like
of either. I personally don't use either style since I simply make a zip
file of the whole folder and save copies of that file. I never use the
backup feature of those programs,
Bob
-
J. Hugh Sullivan
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:56:50 -0800, Robert Heiling
<robheil@comcast.net> wrote:
Actually I do both - four times. I use the desktop at one house and
the laptop at the other. So I am constantly having to update one
computer or the other (using the portable USB HD).
I don't update the CDs as often but they are there in the remote case
of all three pieces of equipment crashing at the same time.
My data doesn't change much any more - there's just nothing out there
that I don't have except births and deaths. So it's not as much work
as it seems.
I certainly won't argue with your method.
Hugh
<robheil@comcast.net> wrote:
"J. Hugh Sullivan" wrote:
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:02:47 +0000, Charani <me@privacy.net> wrote:
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:29:23 GMT, J. Hugh Sullivan wrote:
Don't you have a GEDCOM of each data base that you could import into
V6?
I don't use GEDCOMs at all. It was Legacy's own zip files that I was
trying, and finally succeeded, in getting back into Legacy. Bob
Heiling was right about the associations not having been made.
Precisely my point... I backup and create GEBCOMs. I save both to my
desktop, my laptop and a portable USB HD. So what if I lose 1, 2 or 3
zips? Chances are that I will not lose all six. (I also back up to
CDs)
Overkill? Yes, but had you rather lose all your data or have it
because of overkill?
But that's just a different backup preference with you preferring GEDCOM
and she preferring Legacy files.
Actually I do both - four times. I use the desktop at one house and
the laptop at the other. So I am constantly having to update one
computer or the other (using the portable USB HD).
I don't update the CDs as often but they are there in the remote case
of all three pieces of equipment crashing at the same time.
My data doesn't change much any more - there's just nothing out there
that I don't have except births and deaths. So it's not as much work
as it seems.
You can save as many copies as you like
of either. I personally don't use either style since I simply make a zip
file of the whole folder and save copies of that file. I never use the
backup feature of those programs,
Bob
I certainly won't argue with your method.
Hugh
-
Sherry
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
Charani <me@privacy.net> wrote in news:43825342$0$84736$892e7fe2
@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net:
Thos other files are ancillary files and what they store depends on the
file extension. Most often you'll see .tc, which is to-do clipboard
and .fg, which is the focus group. Also you could find .cb* and .chb,
which are other clipboard files, .ldb which is an Access locking file,
..mrg is a merge file.
Sherry
Legacy Customer Support
Support@MillenniaCorp.com
@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net:
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:44:33 -0600, Doug McDonald wrote:
There are three files inside the zip, and you just put them in the
directory you normally put Legacy files. Actually, you can ignore
the two files other than the .fdb if all you need is the genealogy
data. I'm not quite sure what is in the other two files.
I was wondering about those other two files, because some of the
folders only had two files, others had three. All the data seems to
be there though.
Thos other files are ancillary files and what they store depends on the
file extension. Most often you'll see .tc, which is to-do clipboard
and .fg, which is the focus group. Also you could find .cb* and .chb,
which are other clipboard files, .ldb which is an Access locking file,
..mrg is a merge file.
Sherry
Legacy Customer Support
Support@MillenniaCorp.com
-
Charani
Re: Legacy Back Up problem
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:25:06 -0600, Sherry wrote:
Thank you
)
Thos other files are ancillary files and what they store depends on the
file extension. Most often you'll see .tc, which is to-do clipboard
and .fg, which is the focus group. Also you could find .cb* and .chb,
which are other clipboard files, .ldb which is an Access locking file,
.mrg is a merge file.
Thank you