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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Divided datasets
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 23:51:07 -0400
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Richard Brogger wrote:
>Bob, Terry and Lee,
>
> > Bob Gillis wrote:
> >
> >Keep all your family in one data set.
> >
>I disagree with all of you. When Mary has to span multiple
>floppies with her backup, the chances of getting a
>dependable backup drop rapidly.
>
>My recommendation, for anyone using floppies for backup, is
>to split the data set so that one floppy contains the full
>data set using maximum compression. Do not load TMG with
>internal exhibits. Do not add 300 pages of text for one
>person.

There are always good reasons to do or not to do something. In this case,
I might agree with you. However, a lot would depend on the size of the
data set. A rather large data set can be backed-up to a single floppy
diskette. This assumes that the data set doesn't include internal Exhibits
for one. A lot of text can be included in this situation IF the text is
spread out across many persons and tags. I know of at least one
researcher who essentially entered an entire genealogy book (some 10,000
persons) and the backup would require less than two diskettes not using
maximum compression.

I would agree that backup to multiple diskettes is not necessarily the
preferred way of doing things. But two diskettes is not all that bad (I
have used five before and that _is_ a pain <g>).

Still you have a point that Mary may want to consider.

Lee Hoffman/KY
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