I agree Jerry if you want some of it for other purposes, but like the the RM media gallery it was designed for RM. You probably would not copy all media for other uses, just what you need. Jon On 6/20/16, Jerry Bryan via <rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > RM's backup and restore of media has two significant problem. One is > that it is extremely slow. The other is that it combines all your media > into a single large directory. I think most users most of the time would > be better served by copying their media to a new computer some other way > than using RM's backup and restore of media. > > As far as your RM database itself, copying the database file to a new > computer (the RMGC file) or doing a backup and and restore where it's > the RMGB file that goes to a new computer, it's really six of one and > half a dozen of the other. The RMGB file is smaller and the RMGC file > process is slightly simpler, but there is very little practical > difference between the processes. > > Jerry > > On 6/20/2016 10:41, Jon P Czarowitz via wrote: >> Terry >> The backup has a spot to copy the media as wedll as the database. Then >> you can restore both. >> Jon P Czarowsitz >> >> > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- -- *Jon P Czarowitz*, NHC, GF, GGF, IGC Hempel Genealogist since 1986 Cunningham Genealogist since 1987 Retired International Genealogist RootsMagic 7 http://www.rootsmagic.com