>10 - Note that you can't simply go to the CD and double click on the >ZIP file - you always have to RESTORE a BACKUP from within Family >Origins! It's a very minor point, but I don't understand this comment. I have successfully used WINZIP to restore a backup made by Family Origins many times. In fact, I did so frequently when I was still using floppies to transfer my data base between machines (I now use a zip drive, not to be confused with a zip file). At the time, I was getting a lot of errors on floppies (brand new floppies, newly formatted, etc.) and it was easier to manage the restore process with WINZIP than with Family Origins itself. I also discovered that I could do a full scan of a floppy with Windows and it would report no errors, yet I could test (without restoring) a zip file on the same floppy with WINZIP and it would detect and report errors. Because of the frequent errors on the floppies, plus the fact that my data base had grown to three floppies, I switched to a zip drive as soon as I could afford it. Works great. My "main" computer is pretty old and does not have a CD burner. But my daughter's experience makes me a little leary of CD's. She (a teenager) burns music CD's, and I know that they have many more skips and errors than commercial quality music CD's. I don't know if people who burn CD's only with data and only for use with computers report the same problems. I would suggest that Family Origins backups on CD's can be tested by WINZIP without restoring, and it's probably a good thing to do. I can't speak to other zip/unzip programs, because WINZIP is the only one I use. Jerry Bryan _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_smartspamprotection_3mf