I am hoping that someone can help me. I have Family Origins 6.0, and Windows 95. Recently we started having trouble with the computer and took it to the shop to be fixed. They ended up saying that they would have to re-format the hard drive. I had backed up my FO databases to a 3.5 floppy disk as part of the computer’s problem was that it would not communicate with the CD writer or the printer. After we got the computer back my husband re-installed FO along with the other software, but we have been unable to restore my databases into the program. He has been able to re-install some earlier back-ups but not the last ones. They are zip files and when the floppy is inserted in the tower it shows that both of the files are there, (one shows 546 KB, and the other 330 KB) but we have been unable to restore them into the program. My husband and son have tried everything that they can think of with no success. The way that I tried was to open a new database in FO, go into the file menu and click “Restore” It then asks “Backup to restore?” I selected 3.5 floppy. It shows the two databases that are on the floppy, I selected the first one and clicked on open. I get this error message. “DynaZip Unzip Error: Zip file structure invalid (Problem reading zip file)” I clicked OK and the next pop up says “ The file you selected does not contain a Family Origins backup” When I clicked OK on that one it returns me to my empty database. I have been backing up my databases frequently, and it appeared that I was doing it correctly, but now that I need the backup it is not available to me. There are many, many hours of work that will have to be re-done if I cannot get these files restored. I had heard that there was a FO list and I am hoping that someone can help me. I hope that I have explained it so that you can understand. You are my last hope! (c: Thank you. Marge Howes Battle Creek, MI

MAHowes678130736@aol.com wrote: > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . He has been able to re-install some earlier back-ups but >not the last ones. They are zip files and when the floppy is inserted in the >tower it shows that both of the files are there, (one shows 546 KB, and the >other 330 KB) but we have been unable to restore them into the program. > . . . . . . . . . . . . It sounds like your floppy may have gone bad ... or maybe there was an error when the backup was made. I don't suppose you tested the backup when you first made it to see if it was good? FO backup files are ordinary zip files and can be restored using WinZip, PKzip, or equivalent. I believe FO6 had 29 files in each database (FO10 has 35). You could open the backups with Winzip and see if the right number of files are there. Also, Winzip will test the zipfile for integrity, and for minor problems it may be able to fix it. If you floppy has gone bad then there is a chance that the MicroSoft Scandisk program might be able to fix it. If it is bad and scandisk can't fix it then things begin to look pretty bad at that point ..... Wayne League