Evelyn,
As a family historian you will be making frequent and regular backups of
your computer hard disk on a standard schedule and storing those backups in
a place other than that where the computer is (such as a bank vault or a
friend's house). So whatever happens you will not lose your data.
Transferring the data to a new computer or software is another issue. It may
take a little time to find out how to transfer the data to new software but
in the meantime that data is safe on your backup medium. You won't lose it.
I always tell people who are buying a new computer that they should make two
separate full backups of the hard disk of the old computer and store them in
separate places. Why two backups ? Because you may no longer have access to
the hard disk of the old machine in the future or the data may be
overwritten by a new user/owner and it is always possible for one of the
backups to become corrupted.
Hope this helps.
Paddy
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From: casey-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:casey-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of Art
Sent: 27 August 2008 04:52
To: casey(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CASEY] CASEY Digest, Vol 3, Issue 10
Sorry to be so long in making a reply. Shows how far behind I am in
everything during the summer.
Evelyn, backing up with a GEDCOM file could be dangerous. Unless one has
only the barest of information, such as birth, marriage, death, etc., GEDCOM
will not transfer your complete data file. Depending on the sophistication
of your genealogy software, the amount of data left behind can be massive
and some data that is transferred can be garbled.
For that reason alone, Russell Casey has much the better solution, that of
just copying your most current database in FTM format to the new computer
and opening it as you normally do.
Art Brown
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Today's Topics:
1. genealogy records (emc snead)
2. Re: genealogy records (Don Erickson)
3. Re: genealogy records (russell d casey)
4. Re: genealogy records (Don Erickson)
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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:54:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: emc snead <toy4ev(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: [CASEY] genealogy records
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Does anyone have any experience at moving "Family Tree" info from an old
computer to a new computer?
I have not installed "Family Tree" software on the new computer yet.
Should I install an updated version of the software too?
I'm scared to death I'm going to lose the info. Any advice will be so
appreciated.
Thanks,
Evelyn Casey Snead
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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:02:19 -0600
From: "Don Erickson" <don_erickson(a)pcisys.net>
Subject: Re: [CASEY] genealogy records
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In general, you should:
1. Create a GEDCOM file of entire data base on old computer.
2. Copy that GEDCOM file to new computer.
3. Install any genealogy program on the new computer.
4. Import the GEDCOM file to the genealogy program on new computer.
Then, if everything is good, you will be through with the old one.
Don Erickson, Colorado Springs CO
don_erickson(a)pcisys.net
don(a)erickson.net
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