Because I wanted to back up an external that holds my immediate backups, I bought up on the Carbonite subscriber schedule. It now backs up my hard drive and ONE external (I actually have three, so I have named one of the drives Carbonite so I rermember which one to put the GOOD stuff on for backup). Then Carbonite began to nag me, because an option of my bought-up subscription is a mirror image for which I need to commit one external (nothing else can be here) of at least the same size as my hard drive, and Carbonite will handle the software mirror backup to my external drive. I tired of the nagging and finally moved files from the one drive to the drive that will be backed up to the Carbonite servers and let Carbonite set up the mirror image. It is doing that now, almost 23% done, and I can use (though it is sluggish) my computer while the image is being made. I suspect I will one day be happy to have an up to date image and backup. If you are considering a backup system, you might want to consider what is now available at Carbonite since these options are relatively new there. Elaine

Me, too, if anyone can use them. Somewhere here I have an unopened package, plus a partial package. Would love to see someone who can use them get them. I will ship, too. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Slade Grossl To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [GN] floppy drive I have a little plastic case full of floppies that have never been used (34 of them). Oh wait, maybe one or two were for backups or something. I'm willing to send them off to one of you if you want them, I will clean them off first if they have anything on them, and check them for viability. We have one computer in the house that still has a floppy drive and hubby is talking about taking it out 'cause we don't use it. First one who emails me back gets them. LOL Susan Boise, Idaho, USA -----Original Message----- From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neysa Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 10:28 AM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GN] floppy drive I have been thinking about it and I remember Keith telling us about the one on Amazon. That is the one I got, too. Also have a cell phone I can only talk on...when I can find it. Hubby has the same one. For emergencies only. <G> Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Maxine To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [GN] floppy drive A while back our Keith told us of a really good by on the portable floppy drive for about $12 from Amazon ( I think it was). I got one and it is GREAT. I still use them as well and when I had my computer built he did not have enough room left in the Asus tower to put one in. By the way...I have a cell phone that I can only talk on as well and have only done that to test it when I first got it. (BIG grin). I hate talking on a phone and it is for emergencies only. Maxine On 12/26/2011 6:33 PM, Bev Carlson wrote: > Wanda, when I purchased Windows 7, I had a floppy drive put in also. > Some of the geek shops can add one for you. I wanted the floppy drive > because I have a camera that takes floppies. The old ways are > sometimes the best way. (I still have a cell phone that you can only > talk on.) ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have been thinking about it and I remember Keith telling us about the one on Amazon. That is the one I got, too. Also have a cell phone I can only talk on...when I can find it. Hubby has the same one. For emergencies only. <G> Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Maxine To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [GN] floppy drive A while back our Keith told us of a really good by on the portable floppy drive for about $12 from Amazon ( I think it was). I got one and it is GREAT. I still use them as well and when I had my computer built he did not have enough room left in the Asus tower to put one in. By the way...I have a cell phone that I can only talk on as well and have only done that to test it when I first got it. (BIG grin). I hate talking on a phone and it is for emergencies only. Maxine On 12/26/2011 6:33 PM, Bev Carlson wrote: > Wanda, when I purchased Windows 7, I had a floppy drive put in also. > Some of the geek shops can add one for you. I wanted the floppy drive > because I have a camera that takes floppies. The old ways are > sometimes the best way. (I still have a cell phone that you can only > talk on.) > ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have a little plastic case full of floppies that have never been used (34 of them). Oh wait, maybe one or two were for backups or something. I'm willing to send them off to one of you if you want them, I will clean them off first if they have anything on them, and check them for viability. We have one computer in the house that still has a floppy drive and hubby is talking about taking it out 'cause we don't use it. First one who emails me back gets them. LOL Susan Boise, Idaho, USA -----Original Message----- From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neysa Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 10:28 AM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GN] floppy drive I have been thinking about it and I remember Keith telling us about the one on Amazon. That is the one I got, too. Also have a cell phone I can only talk on...when I can find it. Hubby has the same one. For emergencies only. <G> Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Maxine To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [GN] floppy drive A while back our Keith told us of a really good by on the portable floppy drive for about $12 from Amazon ( I think it was). I got one and it is GREAT. I still use them as well and when I had my computer built he did not have enough room left in the Asus tower to put one in. By the way...I have a cell phone that I can only talk on as well and have only done that to test it when I first got it. (BIG grin). I hate talking on a phone and it is for emergencies only. Maxine On 12/26/2011 6:33 PM, Bev Carlson wrote: > Wanda, when I purchased Windows 7, I had a floppy drive put in also. > Some of the geek shops can add one for you. I wanted the floppy drive > because I have a camera that takes floppies. The old ways are > sometimes the best way. (I still have a cell phone that you can only > talk on.)

G'Day Everyone Compliments of the Season to you All Thank You Neysa, I read your post & have just ordered a floppy disc player from eBay. Im thrilled, as I have so much data stored on the old floppies, great genealogy data, that I can now do something about Thank You As has been said before, we have the nicest group on any list Thank You All Annette Aksenov ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neysa" 26, 2011 2:25 PM > Subject: Re: [GN] Has anyone tried this method of moving OE to > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Congratulation Annette, That's a great christmas present. Your family must be smart as well as generous. YES, You can transfer any data you have to the iMac Data from email, word, spreadsheet, images, music, video etc are all transferable. If the data is of a non standard format, you can either use the mac version of the application you were using in windows, or export your old data and import it into a similar application for the mac. NO, You don't need to keep the old pc, unless you want to. YES, The iMac can run windows apps,( if you install windows.) Your new iMac can run both operating systems simultaneously. With the new iMac you will probably have got OSX Lion. Boot Camp software is included with OS X Lion. This will allow you to run Windows on the iMac. Parallels Desktop software is also available for integration of windows apps. There is something you should note: Your new iMac has a reliable system with very little chance of malware problems. If you put windows on your nice shiny new iMac, you will be just as vulnerable to malware, as any other windows system. Have fun Les Hardy On 27/12/11 06:24, Annette wrote: > G'Day > > Now, I NEED Help Big-time > I mean it too! > My family has got me a iMac for Christmas. I have only ever used Windows, so this is new territory for me. > > Am I able to sometime in the future, transfer all my genealogy programs etc to the i Mac, or do I still have to maintain the two systems > > Can I use any of my Microsoft programs on it > > Annette Aksenov > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

A while back our Keith told us of a really good by on the portable floppy drive for about $12 from Amazon ( I think it was). I got one and it is GREAT. I still use them as well and when I had my computer built he did not have enough room left in the Asus tower to put one in. By the way...I have a cell phone that I can only talk on as well and have only done that to test it when I first got it. (BIG grin). I hate talking on a phone and it is for emergencies only. Maxine On 12/26/2011 6:33 PM, Bev Carlson wrote: > Wanda, when I purchased Windows 7, I had a floppy drive put in also. > Some of the geek shops can add one for you. I wanted the floppy drive > because I have a camera that takes floppies. The old ways are > sometimes the best way. (I still have a cell phone that you can only > talk on.) >

Hi gang, well the list has been quiet for a few days? Hope that now, everyone is over the Xmas highs....what did you do special this year? Anything that your going to remember or regret? I spent my Christmas day, being a caregiver to a Cancer patient. Her name is Terri, and she is a partical remmision stage of Lukemia. She has to be away from all her family and friends but me...Dr. orders. As a Cancer survivor myself this past year, I still keep away from public events and such like crowds. Terri's chemo is so strong that she can't taste anything, isn't interested in food or drink, and the list goes on. So she thought no Christmas for her, So I gathered together some ho-ho gifts and jokes and spent the day feeding them to her, then we played cards (different games of) for 3 hours...I took her a wee slice of Cocanut Cream pie, boy did that disappear..made a u -urn at the bottom, but least it went down for a bit!. Today she is tired, but had a good time....we both feel good about christmas, and I told her, after chemo, her family can have a 2nd tree for her...she has 2 more chemo's to do , so hopefully by March, she will be in the clear...keep your fingers crossed...The Medical profession has come a long way towards stopping cancer's spread, but there is a lot of research remaining to be done...donate to the American Cancer Society often, not just breast cancer- but to Cancer studies that help all of us. ~ Linda ~ Willow Creek,CA.

Hubby and I just celebrated his "Second Christmas" since his heart transplant. What a ride this has been. Three years on the waiting list and now 2 yrs. post-transplant. Outlook is good. All his biopsy's have been 'clean'. The Drs. say if he makes it to year 2 post-transplant chances are 98% he won't suffer from rejection. To remember this all started 5 yrs. ago........ my how things have changed! Two of our grand-daughters were just crawling babes at the start of our experience. Now they are 5 yrs.(soon to be 6) and a 6 yr. old - but added to this - are a two 4 yr. olds and a 2 yr. old - all of which hubby may never have known if things had turned out differently. Blessed are those who sign their donor cards as we are blessed to receive such a gift. *********** We spent Christmas day with two of our sons & their families. Throughout the day the little girls, individually, came up and crawled onto my lap until I was 'filled' with 3 little girls all sitting on Granny's lap all at the same time. Kisses (actually putzes, not kisses) were handed around, giggles shared, love stated, squeezes given and off to play again. Even Grandpa got his lap filled a time or two yesterday. Nice memories - could have a whole lot different. Shari

I would love to second Ellen's comment....it is such a rarity to find such loving compassion - thank you Linda, for showing us the true meaning of this special season..... Susan -----Original Message----- From: bruce.mckown <bruce.mckown@wavelinx.net> To: gen-newbie <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Dec 26, 2011 4:28 pm Subject: [GN] what I did 4 christmas/Linda of Willow Creek You are my hero of the Season. Such caring and giving is sometimes a very rare commodity in the present day and time. You are special. ellen Hi gang, > well the list has been quiet for a few days? Hope that now, everyone is > over the Xmas highs....what did you do special this year? Anything that > your going to remember or regret? > I spent my Christmas day, being a caregiver to a Cancer patient. Her > ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My day began almost as early this year as that of my childhood/children's childhood. Grand daughter, Lexie, got her own laptop. I had told her mother I would walk her through getting it set up, as it is the same as the laptop I purchased in June. She called me around 6 and we worked on removing and adding the programs she needed. Thanks to George, GenNewbie, I had all the needed information. That took a few hours. Then called my son to wish him and his family a Merry Christmas but they were just getting up. Children are older so not the excitement and early risers. Time for cooking and eating. Too much of both. Now to eat all the leftovers. During the evening I called my brother and we had a very long conversation. Mostly about memories of Christmas in days gone by, food we had shared at the family table, our gardens and various friends. This conversation was the best part of my Christmas Day. I just hope all here had a Christmas as memorable as mine. Marilyn -- "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently." Johnny Cash

I don't use FMT myself, so I could be wrong, but I think there is a merge option in the file menu. On 26/12/11 21:32, Linda wrote: > I had the great idea of making a separate tree for me and my husbands family Plus one for maternal and fraternal. Not the smartest idea I ever had!! IS there a way to combine them all in one large file if so how???? > I have FMT 2005 thanks to a lovely lady here on this list. > THANKS hoping someone can help make one big file or 2 one for him one for me. > Thanks Linda > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

You are my hero of the Season. Such caring and giving is sometimes a very rare commodity in the present day and time. You are special. ellen Hi gang, > well the list has been quiet for a few days? Hope that now, everyone is > over the Xmas highs....what did you do special this year? Anything that > your going to remember or regret? > I spent my Christmas day, being a caregiver to a Cancer patient. Her >

Well, I thought that I had copied all my floppies before getting rid of my old computer. However, I recently found a file folder with floppies containing document copies from the archives in Germany. I think I probably have copies (I always made duplicate or triplicate disks) but am not sure. I probably just need to find someone nearby who still has a floppy drive and have them copy for me. Hate to buy an external floppy drive for a couple of disks. (but I have to know what they contain!). Except for space considerations, I should have kept my old Gateway XP for a reserve. It was a love but a space hog. Thanks, Wanda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Carlson" <bev.carlson@gmail.com> To: "gen-newbie" <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 8:33 PM Subject: [GN] floppy drive Wanda, when I purchased Windows 7, I had a floppy drive put in also. Some of the geek shops can add one for you. I wanted the floppy drive because I have a camera that takes floppies. The old ways are sometimes the best way. (I still have a cell phone that you can only talk on.) -- Bev Carlson of Minnesota that has no snow and the temp was a record 52 degrees

Sounds almost like my hubby's last two days. He splurged and got me a laptop, so we spent yesterday evening and this morning moving all my stuff off the desk computer and onto my laptop. Thank goodness for computer guru's who can help others. Managed to move it all and have to say I like this laptop so far. It is an HP Pavilion g7, CoreI3, with Windows 7, nice large screen and keys that I can hit w/out hitting three at once. LOL Learning curve though. Daughter has helped me with some of it, because she got a laptop a year ago for her birthday and has had some of this stuff like sticky notes for awhile. Susan Boise, Idaho, USA -----Original Message----- From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of marilyn E B Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 8:10 PM To: gen-newbie; AN-INTERNET-FAMILY@GOOGLEGROUPS.COM Subject: [GN] Christmas Day My day began almost as early this year as that of my childhood/children's childhood. Grand daughter, Lexie, got her own laptop. I had told her mother I would walk her through getting it set up, as it is the same as the laptop I purchased in June. She called me around 6 and we worked on removing and adding the programs she needed. Thanks to George, GenNewbie, I had all the needed information. That took a few hours. Then called my son to wish him and his family a Merry Christmas but they were just getting up. Children are older so not the excitement and early risers. Time for cooking and eating. Too much of both. Now to eat all the leftovers. During the evening I called my brother and we had a very long conversation. Mostly about memories of Christmas in days gone by, food we had shared at the family table, our gardens and various friends. This conversation was the best part of my Christmas Day. I just hope all here had a Christmas as memorable as mine. Marilyn

Wanda, when I purchased Windows 7, I had a floppy drive put in also. Some of the geek shops can add one for you. I wanted the floppy drive because I have a camera that takes floppies. The old ways are sometimes the best way. (I still have a cell phone that you can only talk on.) --  Bev Carlson of Minnesota that has no snow and the temp was a record 52 degrees

Wanda, I have not gone to their website but this is model #D353FUE . I forgot to mention it reads and writes... A neighbor told me that she found one at Wal-Mart several years later, probably 2005 or so..Give it a GOOGLE, there are dozen or so places that still sell, it looks like on line to be about $10 more than I paid... Drag and drop is all you do... Carol Message: 4 Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:21:45 -0600 From: "Ridge" <wanda.ridge@sbcglobal.net> Subject: [GN] Moving files from floppies - reference Carol's email to list To: <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <6D7E2C407C7549B68BAAAD85B89EC735@HomePC> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Carol, will you give further details about what you bought from smartdisk.com that enabled you to read your floppies on a computer without a floppy drive? I went to smart-disk.com but did not find what I thought you were talking about. Exactly what did you buy? I thought I had transferred all data from old floppies to CD's but occasionally find a file where I saved some floppies. I recently found some which have information from the archives in Germany and I really would like to get that off the floppy and onto a disk. Thanks. Wanda

Thanks, Carol. I'll check this one out, also. Wanda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorac" <radford2@bellsouth.net> To: <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> Cc: <wanda.ridge@sbcoglobal.net> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 7:17 PM Subject: Re: [GN] Smart Disk > Wanda, I have not gone to their website but this is model #D353FUE . I > forgot to mention it reads and writes... A neighbor told me that she > found > one at Wal-Mart several years later, probably 2005 or so..Give it a > GOOGLE, > there are dozen or so places that still sell, it looks like on line to be > about $10 more than I paid... Drag and drop is all you do... > > Carol > > > > > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:21:45 -0600 > From: "Ridge" <wanda.ridge@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: [GN] Moving files from floppies - reference Carol's email to > list > To: <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <6D7E2C407C7549B68BAAAD85B89EC735@HomePC> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Carol, will you give further details about what you bought from > smartdisk.com that enabled you to read your floppies on a computer without > a > floppy drive? > > I went to smart-disk.com but did not find what I thought you were talking > about. Exactly what did you buy? > > I thought I had transferred all data from old floppies to CD's but > occasionally find a file where I saved some floppies. I recently found > some > which have information from the archives in Germany and I really would > like > to get that off the floppy and onto a disk. > Thanks. > Wanda > > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wanda, I have not gone to their website but this is model #D353FUE . I forgot to mention it reads and writes... A neighbor told me that she found one at Wal-Mart several years later, probably 2005 or so..Give it a GOOGLE, there are dozen or so places that still sell, it looks like on line to be about $10 more than I paid... Drag and drop is all you do... Carol Message: 4 Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:21:45 -0600 From: "Ridge" <wanda.ridge@sbcglobal.net> Subject: [GN] Moving files from floppies - reference Carol's email to list To: <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <6D7E2C407C7549B68BAAAD85B89EC735@HomePC> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Carol, will you give further details about what you bought from smartdisk.com that enabled you to read your floppies on a computer without a floppy drive? I went to smart-disk.com but did not find what I thought you were talking about. Exactly what did you buy? I thought I had transferred all data from old floppies to CD's but occasionally find a file where I saved some floppies. I recently found some which have information from the archives in Germany and I really would like to get that off the floppy and onto a disk. Thanks. Wanda

Looked at ours, and except for "Made in China" see no id marks on it. But it works well...Sorry I can't help beyond that. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Woody Woodworth To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [GN] Moving files from floppies - reference Carol's email tolist If buying online, make sure that the 3.5 ext floppy one buys has some decent reviews or is established as reliable. I bought a "real deal" and it didn't work at all.. Woody -----Original Message----- From: Neysa <gramneysa@ct.metrocast.net> To: gen-newbie <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Dec 26, 2011 4:44 pm Subject: Re: [GN] Moving files from floppies - reference Carol's email to list We have a USB plug in floppy disk player that we can just attach when we need it. About $20 if I remember right. Has been handy and can travel between both computers... Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Ridge To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 4:21 PM Subject: [GN] Moving files from floppies - reference Carol's email to list Carol, will you give further details about what you bought from smartdisk.com that enabled you to read your floppies on a computer without a floppy drive? I went to smart-disk.com but did not find what I thought you were talking about. Exactly what did you buy? I thought I had transferred all data from old floppies to CD's but occasionally find a file where I saved some floppies. I recently found some which have information from the archives in Germany and I really would like to get that off the floppy and onto a disk. Thanks. Wanda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorac" <radford2@bellsouth.net> To: <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [GN] Has anyone tried this method of moving OE to > Merry Xmas all. In trying to absorb all the good information on how to's > for Outlook and Thunderbird, I > thought you all might be interested how I solved the "saving emails" from > Outlook and others... > > I am so low teched that I keep doing what I have done since 1995 with my > emails in Outlook. I saved them on a floppy!!!! I had a lot of floppies > left when I got a laptop without the floppy drive. And those emails, > photo's > saved on the floppy. So, I just picked up from the last email I saved on > my > 3-1/2" floppy...I have them dated by year. > > To read them I bought for $14.95 floppy reader from SmartDisk @ > www.smartdisk.com > it reads floppies and older memory cards. Just plug it in a USB port and > voila!!! So low tech that even I can do ...I have a hub and plug it in > and > am set to go to save or send...as a safe guard after thinking about it, I > made copies of each floppy in case of failure. > > Carol ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message