Greetings listers, Many of you will, as I have just done, be changing over from PC to laptops as the technology advances. My problem was - how do I change my precious Digger programme over to my laptop without risking the loss of the whole thing? No doubt others have also encountered this problem. The main difficulty I found is that if Digger is on a PC with Windows XP (as ours was), then transferring it to my laptop with Windows Vista is fraught with problems as there are compatibility issues. Thank you Microsoft! What this meant for me was that I could transfer the data via a memory stick, but the programme to read the data would not transfer. Net result - the whole series of Digger files was on my laptop with no means of accessing them! However, I have ascertained that Macbeth, who published Digger as you know, are well aware of this issue, and there is an update to Digger that may solve this problem. So - fear not, if this is a problem you have encountered, check the update on the Macbeth website and you may find that this will be all you need to transfer and access your Digger files. So give it a try before you sink into the depths of despair... Regards Julie H.

At 08:49 AM 11/01/2009, Julie M Hopper wrote: >Greetings listers, > >Many of you will, as I have just done, be changing over from PC to laptops >as the technology advances. My problem was - how do I change my precious >Digger programme over to my laptop without risking the loss of the whole >thing? No doubt others have also encountered this problem. > >The main difficulty I found is that if Digger is on a PC with Windows XP (as >ours was), then transferring it to my laptop with Windows Vista is fraught >with problems as there are compatibility issues. Thank you Microsoft! What >this meant for me was that I could transfer the data via a memory stick, but >the programme to read the data would not transfer. Net result - the whole >series of Digger files was on my laptop with no means of accessing them! >However, I have ascertained that Macbeth, who published Digger as you know, >are well aware of this issue, and there is an update to Digger that may >solve this problem. So - fear not, if this is a problem you have >encountered, check the update on the Macbeth website and you may find that >this will be all you need to transfer and access your Digger files. So give >it a try before you sink into the depths of despair... > >Regards >Julie H. Hi Julie, I don't know if this will help anyone, but it might. I too, have just made the change from a desktop running XP to a laptop running Vista. Compatibility issues will always occur with OS changes, especially when dealing with old software. One issue that I noticed with FTM is that while it was happy to work with the program running on the hard drive and the data file on an external hard drive, it wouldn't work with the data on a thumb drive. My suspicion is that the 2006 software just couldn't cope with the idea of a USB thumb drive. So using an external hard drive rather than a thumb drive might solve some issues. Cheers, Michelle --------------------- Michelle Watson [email protected] Watson/Canet Family History - http://watsoncanet.webcon.net.au/ Researching: Watson, Canet, Harper, Whitley, Rann, Hamilton, O'Donnell, Wilkes, Freeman, Munro, Brown, Baker, Hughes, Davis, Sandilands

I've also done the same thing over the last couple of weeks - desktop XP Pro to laptop Vista. No problem so far but the salesman did say that I could partition the disc and load XP so I had both available. Trevor 2009/1/12 Michelle Watson <[email protected]> > At 08:49 AM 11/01/2009, Julie M Hopper wrote: > >Greetings listers, > > > >Many of you will, as I have just done, be changing over from PC to laptops > >as the technology advances. My problem was - how do I change my precious > >Digger programme over to my laptop without risking the loss of the whole > >thing? No doubt others have also encountered this problem. > > > >The main difficulty I found is that if Digger is on a PC with Windows XP > (as > >ours was), then transferring it to my laptop with Windows Vista is fraught > >with problems as there are compatibility issues. Thank you Microsoft! What > >this meant for me was that I could transfer the data via a memory stick, > but > >the programme to read the data would not transfer. Net result - the whole > >series of Digger files was on my laptop with no means of accessing them! > >However, I have ascertained that Macbeth, who published Digger as you > know, > >are well aware of this issue, and there is an update to Digger that may > >solve this problem. So - fear not, if this is a problem you have > >encountered, check the update on the Macbeth website and you may find that > >this will be all you need to transfer and access your Digger files. So > give > >it a try before you sink into the depths of despair... > > > >Regards > >Julie H. > > Hi Julie, > > I don't know if this will help anyone, but it might. I too, have just > made the change from a desktop running XP to a laptop running Vista. > Compatibility issues will always occur with OS changes, especially > when dealing with old software. > > One issue that I noticed with FTM is that while it was happy to work > with the program running on the hard drive and the data file on an > external hard drive, it wouldn't work with the data on a thumb drive. > My suspicion is that the 2006 software just couldn't cope with the > idea of a USB thumb drive. > > So using an external hard drive rather than a thumb drive might solve > some issues. > > Cheers, > Michelle > > > --------------------- > Michelle Watson > [email protected] > > Watson/Canet Family History - http://watsoncanet.webcon.net.au/ > Researching: Watson, Canet, Harper, Whitley, Rann, Hamilton, > O'Donnell, Wilkes, Freeman, Munro, Brown, Baker, Hughes, Davis, Sandilands > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

That's a good idea IF you have a huge memory and lots of everything else you need, money too probably, because I can see the whole hing working so slowly it might take a week to log on! Dawn -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Trevor Sent: Monday, 12 January 2009 12:17 PM To: Michelle Watson Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Digger on the laptop I've also done the same thing over the last couple of weeks - desktop XP Pro to laptop Vista. No problem so far but the salesman did say that I could partition the disc and load XP so I had both available. Trevor 2009/1/12 Michelle Watson <[email protected]> > At 08:49 AM 11/01/2009, Julie M Hopper wrote: > >Greetings listers, > > > >Many of you will, as I have just done, be changing over from PC to laptops > >as the technology advances. My problem was - how do I change my precious > >Digger programme over to my laptop without risking the loss of the whole > >thing? No doubt others have also encountered this problem. > > > >The main difficulty I found is that if Digger is on a PC with Windows XP > (as > >ours was), then transferring it to my laptop with Windows Vista is fraught > >with problems as there are compatibility issues. Thank you Microsoft! What > >this meant for me was that I could transfer the data via a memory stick, > but > >the programme to read the data would not transfer. Net result - the whole > >series of Digger files was on my laptop with no means of accessing them! > >However, I have ascertained that Macbeth, who published Digger as you > know, > >are well aware of this issue, and there is an update to Digger that may > >solve this problem. So - fear not, if this is a problem you have > >encountered, check the update on the Macbeth website and you may find that > >this will be all you need to transfer and access your Digger files. So > give > >it a try before you sink into the depths of despair... > > > >Regards > >Julie H. > > Hi Julie, > > I don't know if this will help anyone, but it might. I too, have just > made the change from a desktop running XP to a laptop running Vista. > Compatibility issues will always occur with OS changes, especially > when dealing with old software. > > One issue that I noticed with FTM is that while it was happy to work > with the program running on the hard drive and the data file on an > external hard drive, it wouldn't work with the data on a thumb drive. > My suspicion is that the 2006 software just couldn't cope with the > idea of a USB thumb drive. > > So using an external hard drive rather than a thumb drive might solve > some issues. > > Cheers, > Michelle > > > --------------------- > Michelle Watson > [email protected] > > Watson/Canet Family History - http://watsoncanet.webcon.net.au/ > Researching: Watson, Canet, Harper, Whitley, Rann, Hamilton, > O'Donnell, Wilkes, Freeman, Munro, Brown, Baker, Hughes, Davis, Sandilands > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ NOD32 3757 (20090111) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com