Hi Vicky, For new software, can I recommend Brother's Keeper? It has been around for ever and keeps on improving. And so that you can try before you buy, it is shareware. As for the data from the old software, does it have an export facility. Preferably in GEDCOM format? Nearly all modern software will import this format. If not, does it have a backup option? Sometimes backup files are just plain text files that can be manipulated in Access or Excel. And it is possible that some software will restore Personal Roots Deluxe backups as an upgrade path, but BK won't. HTH Steve Vicky Woods wrote: > I have my family tree information all stored on a very old programme called > 'Personal roots Deluxe' by Expert software. Returning to my family history > after a break I have a new computer and when I went to load the programme > and transfer all the date over the Cd for the programme will not load. The > reason is obvious that the new computer is XP and the old 98. The software > was distributed to run with windows 95. > > > > I have searched the internet for an alternative programme. I just wondered > if anyone had any suggestions. To get the data off my old computer is > going to take forever if I can't load the programme. Any advice would be > welcomed. > > > > Kind regards > > Vicky > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Steve has a good point - try making a backup copy of your unopenable data file, then rename its extension to ".txt" and then see if Notepad can display its contents. Alternatively, do a Google on the file's extension followed by the phrase "file extension" and with luck you'll find out what other programs can open the native files. Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: 04 August 2008 11:24 To: Vicky Woods Cc: essex-uk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Ess] Updated software Hi Vicky, For new software, can I recommend Brother's Keeper? It has been around for ever and keeps on improving. And so that you can try before you buy, it is shareware. As for the data from the old software, does it have an export facility. Preferably in GEDCOM format? Nearly all modern software will import this format. If not, does it have a backup option? Sometimes backup files are just plain text files that can be manipulated in Access or Excel. And it is possible that some software will restore Personal Roots Deluxe backups as an upgrade path, but BK won't. HTH Steve Vicky Woods wrote: > I have my family tree information all stored on a very old programme called > 'Personal roots Deluxe' by Expert software. Returning to my family history > after a break I have a new computer and when I went to load the programme > and transfer all the date over the Cd for the programme will not load. The > reason is obvious that the new computer is XP and the old 98. The software > was distributed to run with windows 95. > > > > I have searched the internet for an alternative programme. I just wondered > if anyone had any suggestions. To get the data off my old computer is > going to take forever if I can't load the programme. Any advice would be > welcomed. > > > > Kind regards > > Vicky > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.12/1589 - Release Date: 03/08/2008 13:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.12/1589 - Release Date: 03/08/2008 13:00