Linda sent this to "Requests" and it bounced to me, so I am forwarding it to the list. DARN IT! I sure wish that a warning about installing the patch went out with every shipment of 9.0 Some of the problems with Family Origins 9.0 are addressed in a program patch. This patch upgrades Family Origins 9.0 to 9.02, and is a free download of about 1MB found at: http://formalsoft.com/files.htm (That and multiple backups!) the Family-Origins-Users-Mailing list administrator Alfred Eller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Mason" <linda@amason.clara.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 3:18 PM Subject: RE: FO9.0 Corruption > Hi All, > Many thanks for your replies to my first message. following a suggestion I > am sending the exact > message I get. > I hope this will help the gurus to help me. > > Error#: -200 > error#: 83805 > file is not a data file > database corruption detected > > on clicking OK the following text appears:- > error#: -935 > Error#: 94001 > Null Input Parameter unexpected > d4field > > The programme then closes on clicking OK > > Many thanks > Linda > > "Hi everyone, > This is my first posting to the list, so I hope someone out there can help > me. > Last week after inputting some new data I was about to finish when I got a > message telling me that the data file was corrupted. I am now unable to > access 20 years work and when I try to open my last back up (from Feb) I get > a message telling me that one of the files cannot be accessed, so I seem > unable to retrieve the data. as I really don't want to input the last 20 > years work by hand again does anyone have any ideas how to help me. - in > plain English as my computer technical knowledge is not that good. > Linda" > > > > > > > >