But are still not as reliable or as safe as backups or gedcoms attached to emails sent to, and checked by, relatives or fellow researchers or stored at work. Why would you want to spend money on CDs, diskettes, etc. when emails are free and provide better protection? Good Hunting! -- Paul aka Graveseeker on Geocaching.com where YOU are the search engine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Ragels" <jragels@comcast.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [FO] Re: Jonny come lately--sorry > CDRW work fine - most of the time. CDR work fine - almost all of the time. > > I have used floppies, tapes, zips, CDRW, and CDR for backup. In this > day and time, I use only CDR for long term storage. I believe any of > the other mediums are still fine for short term or specific storage. > > The sad ending to this story is to reach for something you thought was > secure and find out it wasn't. CDR are just more reliable. > > J > > Stinylouroy@aol.com wrote: > > I just began to absorb the discussion on CD-RW 's. It sounds as if it is not > > realistic to feel safe on backing up to a CD-RW. What is the best way to > > back up FO information? I have 'burned' photos into CD-RW and read them on > > my regular CD drive OK, also I have sent them to family. I am missing > > something here, what is it? I really am not too computer literate. My PHD > > is the "push here dummy" sort. > > > > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > > FAMILY ORIGINS - Ordering, UPDATES, books, FAQ, FREE DEMO, Newsletter, etc. http://formalsoft.com For the 8.03 and 9.02 PATCHES and what they fix, go to: http://formalsoft.com/files.htm > > > > > > > -- > Joyce Ragels > Tucson Arizona USA > > Let us so live that when we come to die > even the undertaker will be sorry. > - Mark Twain > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > Family Origins GenForum - http://genforum.genealogy.com/fo/ > Tech Support Knowledge Base http://www.familyorigins.com/support/ >

To add to what Paul recommends, I have bought a number of copies of FO for my genealogy-minded cousins around the world in the past. So those Backup copies of your data are a constant reminder of what help you need with your research<G>! Cheers! Tim > But are still not as reliable or as safe as backups or gedcoms attached to > emails sent to, and checked by, relatives or fellow researchers or stored at > work. > Good Hunting! -- Paul > aka Graveseeker on Geocaching.com

Email backups or gedcoms may work fine for smaller databases, but my FO database has 8+ mg and my gedcom about 20 mg. I don't know the current size limitations for attachments for most ISPs, but I am assuming both of mine are way too large. When I had my dialup ISP, the limitation was approximately the size of one floppy disk. Margaret Scheffler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Smith" <prsmith@houston.rr.com> > But are still not as reliable or as safe as backups or gedcoms attached to emails sent to, and checked by, relatives or fellow researchers or stored at work. Why would you want to spend money on CDs, diskettes, etc. when emails are free and provide better protection? > Good Hunting! -- Paul

You'll have to experiment. I've sent programs that were considerably larger than that but all ISPs are not created equal <g>. On the other hand, get WinZip: WinZip® makes it easy to create Zip files that are split into smaller pieces of a size that you specify. There are several reasons why you might want to do this, such as: · To overcome e-mail size limits. Some e-mail systems limit the size of attachments; if you want to e-mail a large Zip file that exceeds your limit, you can split it into smaller parts and e-mail them separately. · As an alternative to spanned Zip files when you want to make multiple copies of the disk set. · As an alternative to spanned Zip files when you want to make the disk contents as a separate step from making the disks themselves. · To assist with large downloads. Some users may have difficulty downloading very large Zip files from web sites, FTP sites, etc. You can use the split Zip feature to break large files into smaller pieces that can be downloaded separately. To split a Zip file into smaller pieces: 1. Open or create the Zip file. 2. Choose Split from the Actions menu. 3. Specify the name to be used for the split Zip file. The name must be different from the name of the open Zip file. 4. Specify the size to be used for the individual parts. You can choose from common sizes using the Part size drop-down list or you can specify your own size. To specify your own size, choose "Other size" in the drop-down list and type the desired size in the Other size field. You can specify the size in bytes, kilobytes (KB), or megabytes (MB); indicate which you're using by clicking the appropriate radio button. The minimum size allowed is 65,536 bytes (64KB). 5. Click OK to create the split Zip file. Copyright © 1991-2001 by WinZip Computing, Inc. All rights reserved. Good Hunting! -- Paul aka Graveseeker on Geocaching.com where YOU are the search engine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MScheffler" <mscheffl@twcny.rr.com> To: "Paul Smith" <prsmith@houston.rr.com>; <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 1:43 PM Subject: Sending Email backups > Email backups or gedcoms may work fine for smaller > databases, but my FO database has 8+ mg and my gedcom about > 20 mg. I don't know the current size limitations for > attachments for most ISPs, but I am assuming both of mine > are way too large. When I had my dialup ISP, the limitation > was approximately the size of one floppy disk. > > Margaret Scheffler > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Smith" <prsmith@houston.rr.com> > > > But are still not as reliable or as safe as backups or > gedcoms attached to emails sent to, and checked by, > relatives or fellow researchers or stored at work. Why > would you want to spend money on CDs, diskettes, etc. when > emails are free and provide better protection? > > Good Hunting! -- Paul > >

> When I had my dialup ISP, the limitation > was approximately the size of one floppy disk. I hope you weren't actually PAYING for that <g>! Good Hunting! -- Paul aka Graveseeker on Geocaching.com where YOU are the search engine.