Hi, I realized I haven't seen this request answered, so I thought I'd describe what my files look like. Every time you archive, a new file is created. It is called the same name as your database, except the date is at the front (today's archive would be "010122filename.mdb"). They are in the same location as the original database. To save it elsewhere (on floppy), you need to copy/paste it using explorer. To use an archived file, you open clooz, but click on the "browse" button (the folder button that's on the first dialog box). Browse to the location of the file, click it, and then select it. If you just double click on the file in explorer, it will open Access (if you have the Access version, anyway), but the result is NOT the familiar clooz setup. Personally, I wouldn't know how to use the files in Access w/o the clooz "packaging". Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clyde M. Watson, Jr." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 4:20 PM Subject: Archive/Backup > I've been using Clooz a short time, getting names in, etc. I'm unclear > about just how the Archive function works. Each time I exit Clooz I do > click on Archive. Where does the archived file go and how do I access > it??? I have gone into Windows Explorer and there are 7 files that I > think are archived files, but I'm not sure. When I try to open one of > them I get a blank dark screen. All 7 are 424KB. I'm adding data each > time I use clooz, so if these are my archived files why are they all the > same size? And why do I have 7? If each time I archive the file it > overwrites the previously archived file how have I accumulated 7 > archived files, each taking up 424KB on hard drive. I have tried to > delete the oldest one and get the message that this file cannot be > deleted. The only help the Manual offers is to say you should "Archive" > frequently and that you should copy archived file onto floppy disks. > Assuming that the 7 files I've found are my archived files, how do I > move an archived file to a floppy disk? I've not been able to do this. > I would like to get archived file onto a floppy disk and off my hard > drive. It would sure be nice if I could just backup my data straight to > a floppy like I can with my genealogy program (TMG). > > Help please, > Clyde Watson > > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >