Genealogy Chat

For goodness sake Heather .... am I a dumpty or what ..... just read your reply, gone to file on FTM and it does it for you...... my first job for the morning is back up my ftm to CD. THANKYOU. btw what 4 little boxes on the side ?

you have 4 boxes on the side Heather wow that sounds important. I thought my PC was quite new but it is obviously obsolete already. I am terrible really I have a Photo printer thingy slot in my printer but have never used it, dont know why I buy these things really.I cannot even time any programmes with the video recorder its so frustrating, I have to let a tape run through 8 hours if I am going out instead of maybe 30 minutes.

It makes it a lot easier when someone else is working through it with you, doesnt it. Especially when they dont just get fed up and snatch it away and do it themselves! I think we all do brilliantly considering most of us are silver surfers. Nite nite Val, Im so pleased you came on just before I went to bed. Nite Merry (if you are still up), nite everyone, nite John Boy .........

Valerie, thankyou for that. It is so comforting to know that I'm not the only one. I keep reading it over and over again and I just can't make sense of it. Mind you I am cracking on a bit lol.

Well after having this puter for 6 months and wondering what the four little boxes were on the side I found out all I really have to do to copy something is highlight and drag it to the box. It opens and snatches the file in and burns it. Thats after 6 months of asking teenage son how to do it and being told 'You wont understand mum'. My sister and I sat at our respective puters two days ago and worked it out (150 miles from each other) whilst holding the phone. It knackered us but we were so thrilled when we both saw that we were burning a cd of all our docs! Its easy to do with familytreemaker. You put in a rewritable cd, click on the file, bac up to cd, click and away it goes and it then shoots out of the coffee cup holder when its done.

Jean I have that book its a load of rubbish, I cannot work some of the things out in it either. think the kind people on here are much better at talking you through things.

Heather and Valerie can I watch when you burn a CD tomorrow please. I have PC for Dummies and still can't understand how to record to CD. Jean x.

I am glad I made you smile Heather you seem so nice . thanks for all your help

Yes, give it a go Val. You can always get the cds and we can burn one together tomorrow. Looks like someone has offered to help you by private mail with the PAF back up. (Oh just checked and that post has gone?!) Well, the terrific Judy has told you how to do it in terms even I could understand! So I wish you well - and let us all know how it went. Bless you for making me smile this late at night.

I am quite excited now thanks Judy am going to give it a go, if no-one hears from me for a while it went wrong. Heather you would not like to hear me my husband shuts me in another room when I start.

Nothing to turn off when you back up.....

thanks Judy will try One Tree see how I get on, and Heather I have a rewriter but have never used in only had the PC 3 years after all.I have updated my AVG this afternoon so that should be okay shouldnt it ?? do I have to turn everything else off when I back up thanks

In case you want to send the information to a Floppy: 1. Put the Floppy in the slot in the front of your PC. 2. Find the file you wish to back-up, place your mouse over the file and RIGHT click. 3. A drop down box will appear - click on SEND TO. 4. Another small sreen will appear, click on 3 1/2 INCH FLOPPY. The file should now be copied to the A DRIVE. To check to make sure it backed up correctly: 1. Click on START. 2. Click on MY COMPUTER - there may be an icon on your desktop already for MY COMPUTER, too. 3. Click on A DRIVE and you should see the file. Just an FYI: Keep in mind, if a Floppy is left in the PC - the next time you restart your PC you'll get a blank screen that the PC can't start - just pop the Floppy Disk out and the PC will start normally.....I have no idea why this happens but it does - most people don't realize the problem and think there is a problem with the PC.

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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