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From: Ria
Date: 03-31-2006, 09:29 AM (1 of 8)
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Hi everyone...I am curious..is there a good way to save embroidery designs? I keep mine in files on my hard drive but I am thinking of putting them all on a CD to save the space on my drive...I am curious how you all keep yours...there probably is some software out there too...any ideas? What I mostly wonder is if you put them on CD's or save on hd.... thanks Ria Ria
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User: Ria
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 121 |
From: LadySloPokes
Date: 03-31-2006, 01:30 PM (2 of 8)
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Right now most of the designs we have are free ones that we have downloaded. They're still on our hard drive, but when we get enough of them, we do plan to save them onto a CD. I'm going to be making file folders to describe them, such as Trucks, Animals, Flowers, Cartoons, etc. Eventually I'd like to make an excel sheet with the file names listed and the description of the design (if the file name is only a number). Hope this helps! Cookie 
Cookie
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Member since: 08-15-2005 Total posts: 198 
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From: Ria
Date: 03-31-2006, 02:53 PM (3 of 8)
Thanks Cookie, this is exactly what I am thinking of doing. I have a lot here on my hard drive and I want to get it off...so I was thinking of saving it all in categories on some CD's like I did with all my art pictures which take up so much room. The text file ( color sheets ) I can keep on my hard drive as they dont take up that much space. Take care..... Ria
Ria
"Alas for those who never sing, but die with all their music in them" (Oliver Wendell Holmes) Brother 6500.....Brother 8060......PED Basic... Embird...... |
User: Ria
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 121 |
From: smith972
Date: 03-31-2006, 04:58 PM (4 of 8)
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you also might look into getting a jump drive that plugs into your ubs outlet and save them on there...they are fairly cheap and are susposed to last a life time...CD can get old and the data unretriveable also they get scrached or go bad...I would hate for your computer to crash (did i say that outloud) and you loose all the designs...I learned the hard way and back up to my jump drive once a week. Jada |
User: smith972
Member since: 09-10-2004 Total posts: 241 
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From: Ria
Date: 03-31-2006, 06:06 PM (5 of 8)
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Hi Jada...my husband mentioned that to me...his computer crashed last week and he had to buy a new one but he doesnt have so many files and pictures on his as I do...I think that is a great idea..I do think they hold a lot too dont they....thanks much for reminding me....I had forgotten about that...I will pick one up...I might need two unless they hold a lot.... Ria
Ria
"Alas for those who never sing, but die with all their music in them" (Oliver Wendell Holmes) Brother 6500.....Brother 8060......PED Basic... Embird...... |
User: Ria
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 121 |
From: Chrysantha
Date: 03-31-2006, 09:06 PM (6 of 8)
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I use CD's, FlashCards and USB. (my machines use the flashcards and USB themselves.) a GOOD source for flash cards and USB memory is www.jr.com I use them a LOT, they're fast, cheap and they'll take it back if it doesn't work. Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: elegante
Date: 04-01-2006, 07:48 AM (7 of 8)
| another problem I find is knowing from where these designs came originally-- sometimes I might want to go back to that site; the zip title may just be a number, and no URL is recorded with the zip download-- would anyone know of some download programme which also stores the original URL please? |
User: elegante
Member since: 11-03-2004 Total posts: 5 |
From: Ria
Date: 04-01-2006, 09:23 AM (8 of 8)
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Elegante, here is what you can do for that.....you do not have to keep the design number exact when you save it...I always add ( 1 ) or (22)...these are just examples....I add a number in parenthesis after the zip and be sure to rename the unzipped design too.....then I have a file named.....Embr.URL......I save the url for the designs here and put the same number (22) etc....after or before the url and be sure when you use the URL again to remove that number and parenthesis before you paste it.....it works for me... Ria PS....if for example I have 35 from Ann The Gran....then I use that same number in parenthesis after all her designs numbers.....I just started doing this....it works...... OR another thing you can do...make embr. design files for each url....like..... Ann the gran file..and save all her designs here with the url in the same file in a file named URL.....but only if you don't mind having all sorts of designs together....many pople like to put all bird designs in one file etc.....or flowers all in one file etc...so it wouldnt work for that.....I stared doing this with Anns designs...I have all of hers in one file..... PS...why doesn't my signature show up like the others..? I cant seem to get rid of the html codes that are showing up here...I have my own website so I do know how to use them but it won't work for me on here..... 
Ria
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User: Ria
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 121 |
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