Sorry Linda, this is "off topic" , but I can't see how to reply just to Elizabeth. Elizabeth, I bought a program called "recover my files" & it worked Pam Manning phasmann@cyberspace.net.au ----- Original Message ----- From: Elizabeth To: aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [AVG] Deaths at Stratford .....I had purchased the family BDM certificates and had compiled quite a bit of info about Stratford and the family but as of this week am pretty much starting from scratch [devastating] after loss of hard drive and discovery that most of my backed up files were corrupted....