From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Feb 13 16:20:32 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1DNKWjb028585; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:20:32 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1DNKVr4006422 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:20:31 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k1DKpiFI011856 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:51:44 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k1DKpi74011855 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:51:44 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k1DKQ1FI011771 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:26:01 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k1DMscD3001083 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:54:38 -0700 X-Envelope-From: ctm007@gmail.com Mon Feb 13 15:54:38 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1DMscjb001072 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:54:38 -0700 Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.202]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1DMsafG027269 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:54:37 -0700 Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id n28so328041nfc for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:54:36 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=F3mZWqY3k6E1u5yF2A96UK8XMO6jNjvylclNRXJH6sdWjB8jr1jOLbFPS9CzsfHEkSqpkofljRWa+/nXbrhNdOfKeEOM7ywzBUCebAOT5GoCI9yAN2EvNB3jTbvVu7T8oi8LZJy2yD743veSZ1AZmIrrqLJ9WpMocQgJ1qciCnQ= Received: by 10.49.15.14 with SMTP id s14mr1003980nfi; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:54:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.48.223.9 with HTTP; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:54:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:54:35 -0600 From: ctm007 To: lynne227 Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Backing up a large database Cc: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <000801c630ed$e7df20a0$6501a8c0@LYNNE> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <000801c630ed$e7df20a0$6501a8c0@LYNNE> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Hi Lynne, I would suggest in the investment of an external hard drive that connects to your computer via a USB port. There are lots of good deals in major discount computer stores such as Best Buys, Circuit City, Fay's and others. If you had a second computer you could invest in small flash drive that connects via the USB port and transfer smaller bits of data between the two computers. One can get a 1 GB flash drive for less than $50. Carl On 2/13/06, lynne227 wrote: > > I always back up my files about once a week, (A virus wiped me out once > while on vacation several years ago. When I returned home and before I could > update my computer, my FTM files were gone. I had backed them up on floppies > -it took 3- but even the helpful people at Geneology, com could only get the > lst disc to open-everytime you put the 2nd disc it, the program would not > accept it. When I was backing it up, the program kept indicating that each > floppy was successfully backed up) > Now I am using writable CD, 650MB size. Today, I went to back up my files > and I had 850 MB so it would not overwrite. > I have a lot of documents, photos, etc. in my file as am preparing to > print it off as a "book" soon. > Does anyone have any ideas on how to back it up as a one shot or must I > break it down into several families, therefore several CD's. > Thanks for any help Lynne in Texas > >