A GEDCOM is probably the worst method of backing up a data base - ALWAYS use the backup facility that came with the database - all your multimedia links will be preserved, any special citation wording will be preserved - these two items alone can save you tons of time - not having to go back and recreate the links and special wording. Aloha Wayne -----Original Message----- From: gilbert9 [mailto:gilbert9@flash.net] Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 6:36 AM To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FO] Creating GEDCOM file I recently had a computer crash. Luckily I had some backups and with the help of people on this list I was able to finally restore my main database back to FO 9. I haven't been able to restore a couple of others I had. Anyway, my problem now is I'm trying to create a GEDCOM (isn't this actually the BEST way to backup or save data) and when I go to GEDCOM export and try to save it I get the following error message: You do not have permission to open this file. See the owner of the file or an administrator to obtain permission. Any help, AGAIN? ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== Searchable ARCHIVES - http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=FAMILY-ORIGINS-U SERS