Hi, I have been following the discussion on backing up your file. About 1 1/2 years ago I had three crashes in two weeks and on the third one I lost everything. I labored away and got 6,000 nmaes back in when I remembered a gedcom I posted to Ancestry.com. I went and downloaded it and had my database back, with NOTES and everything. It is worth considering in order to have several aces in the hole. I have them at three locations, it is cheap insurance. Have a good one. Gary Hawley