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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] External Hard Drives
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 16:23:27 -0400
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Wayne Colton wrote:
>Hello All, I am contemplating storing all of my families history on
>an external hard drive as I have had two crashes and was close to
>losing information that I could not have replaced. Are there any
>tips I should be aware of before proceding.
Two, whether or not you proceed:
1. Backup
2. Backup

External drives can crash just like internal drives. Either way you
go, keep the backup on media that is not on the same drive and/or
computer. It is best if the backup is even stored outside your home
or business.

Otherwise, there is nothing special. I suggest you create a Project
folder wherever you decide and then folders under that for each
project. Then in TMG, do (for each project) a File=>Copy Project to
the appropriate Project/(project name) folder on the other drive.

Hope this helps -

Lee Hoffman/KY
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A user of the best genealogy program, The Master Genealogist (TMG)


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