Genealogy Chat

This might seem hard to believe but I have never backed my stuff up.I finally bought the Floppies but dont know where to start, how much stuff can you get on each one and when do you know its full up.I mainly want to do my family tree .Any help much appreciated thanks in advance.

What family tree program do you have Val? I didnt know puters still did floppies! Ive only got cd facilities on mine.

Heather dont tell me I bought the wrong thing, that would be so stupid. I have windows XP should I have bought discs then??? The man in the shop knew what I wanted and didnt try to dissuede me.

Forgot to say I have PAF and of course the ones on GR

Oh Valerie you ARE funny, - you made me laugh. Having said that - I can't talk you through it because I'm not the best at this sort of thing but as regards your 'floppies' - All is not yet lost ! Does your tower have a slit which the floppy would fit into or does it just have the little drawers which come out and have disk-shaped holes in? Dea x

I dont know Val, some of the older pcs - and by that I mean only a few years old still have floppy disc drives. Mine a little slot which comes out with what my husband thought was a coffee cup holder tray. Do you have that?

Valerie..... If you have a small slotted opening in the front of your PC - then you have an 'A Drive' or floppy drive - which will work for backing up information. The problem, though, with this type of back up is that it is being phased out as there are newer, better ways to back up information - like burning the information to a CD. If you have a CD burner on your PC that would be a better way to go as far as backing up goes. Floppy disks don't hold much information.....to give you an idea of how little they hold, for example, would be that a floppy might hold anywhere from 8 to 12 pictures, depending on how big the pictures were saved as and a CD would save upwards of 700 pictures - again, depending on the size of the picture. If you need to back up information ASAP and you have the A Drive, by all means, for now, back up your information onto the floppy - if you're looking to back up your whole PC you will need quite a few of those floppies, though! If you need directions for either backing up on a floppy or burning onto a CD give me a shout and I can walk you through it. Judy

This thread is better than a soap! I was just going to bed, but now have to wait to see if Val has a floppy drive for her floppy disks, or not! Come on Val, I'm sleepy (or, I was!) Merry

I make myself laugh too Dea, yes it has a sort of square slot and a seperate DVD slide out drawer I am very posh you know

A PAF file - which is only text, should fit onto one floppy.....

Judy, please be careful, suggesting burning CD's to val.....I'm sure those fumes are toxic! Merry xx

Shes lovely, isnt she, my boys keep telling me Im looking more like Pauline Fowler every day, Val can play D o t Cotton. Who are you going to be Merry?

LOL.....we'll make sure she's in a well ventilated area!

Oh, thank goodness, you have, Val!! But, which to do??!! Merry

I haven't watched East Enders for a while.....which Pauline hairdo do you have? (Heather) I have just gone and got my fire extinguisher for Val! Merry

Heather you are lucky your husband thinks its for Tea mine cannot even turn the PC on. I am in a quandary now to use my floppy or not to use my floppy??? that is the question. I think I have a CD thingy somewhere I will try and find that if not maybe I will go back to that stupid shop tomorrow and change these 20 I bought yes 20 for maybe 1 CD

Glad you said that I didnt like to ask what to burn it meant

Well Val, now that you have one and Judy says its enough for the PAF file, why not have a go, never know what tomorrow may bring. Val I use a rewritable cd so that I can add to it when I change my tree. Have you all updated your anti virus re the worm alert?

actually I am more like Hilda Ogeden I sing just like her, but whether that is good or bad I dont know.

I would love to hear that Val, it would cheer me up no end.