Thanks for the quick reply. I found my old floppy disks, reinstalled v2.08 and these databases work again. Theo Perry Ira J Lund wrote: >The files mentioned are CFT database files for CFT Ver 2. If you download >the older ver 2 from my web site and install that program. Then you need to >create a folder inside the program folder and copy the .tps and .ini files >to that folder. > >For example, if CFT gets installed to c:\cftw then create a folder such as >Perry inside that (c:\cftw\perry). Now when you run the program it will list >PERRY as a database and you should be able to open it. > >If still problems write back. > >Ira >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- >Mr. Ira J. Lund >Cumberland Family Software >www.cf-software.com > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Theo Perry [mailto:theo.perry@xtra.co.nz] >Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 7:35 PM >To: CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [CFTW] Databases > >Hi There, > >This is my first post and I am looking for some advice. > >I have a number of databases that I recovered after a hard drive failure >and I would like to reinstate them. > >The trouble is, they seem to have no files except 5 *.tps and 1 *.ini >file in each database and will not open. > >Any ideas would be welcome. > >Theo Perry > > >==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from CFT-WIN, send an e-mail message to: > CFT-WIN-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > CFT-WIN-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) >Subject: unsubscribe >In the body include only one word: unsubscribe >(Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > > >==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== >You can contact the List Manager at: >CFT-WIN-admin@rootsweb.com > > > >