External Drive ?

[Marsha]

Hello,
I copy & pasted my genealogy folder from Windows Explorer to my external
hard drive. I want to put it on another computer. Do I copy & paste this
genealogy folder on the external hard drive back to Windows Explorer in the
new pc? I am having trouble getting the folder to open as a program with my
genealogy information. How do I do this? Help appreciated.
Thanks,
Marsha

 

[John John - MVP]

Did you install the genealogy program on the other computer? You have
to install the program to be able to use the files.

John

 

[Marsha]

No, I haven't installed the program on the other computer. Would there be
an install program in the folder? I don't have the disk, the genealogy
program was a free download from Legacy.

 

[John John - MVP]

Usually the installer is *not* in the folder but we have no way of
knowing what is or isn't in the folder. If you give us the name of the
program someone reading here may be able to help you find it. Maybe you
have an archived copy of it on the old computer somewhere?

John

 

[Marsha]

Thanks John for your help. At least I know what the problem is now and I
can search for a way to correct it.
Marsha

 

[John John - MVP]

You're welcome.

John

Thanks John for your help. At least I know what the problem is now and I
can search for a way to correct it.
Marsha

 

[Tom Willett]

Go to Legacy and get another free download?

BTW, you now know why you should keep backups of programs you download.

: No, I haven't installed the program on the other computer. Would there be
: an install program in the folder? I don't have the disk, the genealogy
: program was a free download from Legacy.
:
: : > Did you install the genealogy program on the other computer? You have
to
: > install the program to be able to use the files.
: >
: > John
: >
: > Marsha wrote:
: >> Hello,
: >> I copy & pasted my genealogy folder from Windows Explorer to my
external
: >> hard drive. I want to put it on another computer. Do I copy & paste
: >> this genealogy folder on the external hard drive back to Windows
Explorer
: >> in the new pc? I am having trouble getting the folder to open as a
: >> program with my genealogy information. How do I do this? Help
: >> appreciated.
: >> Thanks,
: >> Marsha
:
:

 

[Marsha]

LOL I just remembered I did make a copy of that install disk! I found it.
I installed it. Now I have two Legacy folders, one with no genealogy
information entered which I can open and one that has the genealogy
information in it that I can't access in the program. What have I done
wrong? Do I need to uninstall and then reinstall to the folder that has all
of the genealogy information that I entered in it?
Marsha

 

[Lem]

LOL I just remembered I did make a copy of that install disk! I found it.
I installed it. Now I have two Legacy folders, one with no genealogy
information entered which I can open and one that has the genealogy
information in it that I can't access in the program. What have I done
wrong? Do I need to uninstall and then reinstall to the folder that has all
of the genealogy information that I entered in it?
Marsha

Where do you have two Legacy folders? Old computer? New computer?
External drive?

Your posts are a bit confusing. Assuming that you are talking about
"Legacy Family Tree" software, you should have two parts, the program
and the data.

The program itself is presumably located in C:\Legacy (there might be a
number after the word Legacy). From the little I can tell from the
website, Legacy appears to violate the general Windows rule to put
programs in the C:\Program Files\ folder.

Second, you should have your "Family Tree File." This file should be in
C:\Legacy\Data. This data should be a *.fdb file or perhaps a *.ged
file. This file (or, at most, the C:\Legacy\Data folder) is all you
needed to have copied to your external hard drive.

When you installed the program on your second computer, probably the
easiest way to get the data is to start up the program and use Legacy's
"import" function to get the data from the external drive. See
http://www.legacyfamilytree.net/videos/beg7/LegacyForBeginners.html

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Lem -- MS-MVP

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[Marsha]

Oh! Thank you so much. I think I can follow your instructions. I am not
very computer savy and I really appreciate everyones help with this.
Marsha

 

[Lem]

Oh! Thank you so much. I think I can follow your instructions. I am not
very computer savy and I really appreciate everyones help with this.
Marsha

YW. I hope things work out OK.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm