I just installed FOWIN7 on a Windows XP computer with a 60 gig hard drive. A small portion of the HD has the restore features leaving about 53 gig on the C:\ partition. 1) I created backup files and gedcoms. One can backup a large file to a subdirectory on C:\ , wipe out the database, and do a restore from the hard drive back to the program on C:\. 2) I created a gedcom file of the 63,000 name database and saved it on an external zip drive. I was then able to import it to a new database on the C:\ drive. 3) I exported a small gedcom file to the A:\ drive and was able to import it to a database on C:\ 4) The one thing I COULD NOT do was create a gedcom file on the hard drive. There I got the disk full error message. I am assuming this would happen on a Windows 98 with a large hard drive as well as the XP operating system. My impression is that Sandra can continue to use FOWIN7 for her project even if people need to upgrade their computers that have large hard drives and use Windows XP. That assumes that the gedcom files are small enough to be saved to a floppy disk; or that if there are larger files, they can be saved to zip disks, or perhaps a cd (I did not test that possibility). I also did not test a multiple floppy disk backup or gedcom. Perhaps someone can check the book to see if version 7 supported multidisk backups and gedcom files. Margaret Scheffler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Studebaker" <sandra.sfna@highstream.net> > I need to know if Family Origins 7 runs on all Windows operating systems extant today? > > A while back (1999?), the Studebaker Family Association purchased 10 copies of FOWin7 (and accompanying book) for use by a distributed network of data entry volunteers in a long-term project. We are about mid-way through the third year and, at the rate we're going, it may take another four or five at best. I need to know if version 7 will be a viable option as data entry volunteers possibly upgrade their systems, or new volunteers come on-board with later versions of Windows. As far as I know, most folks, including me, are currently using Windows 98. > > With FOWin10 being the last version, does the Association need to upgrade to version 10 because of incompatibility problems down the road? Financially, we would rather not. For simple data entry, the data entry folks don't need most of the features of 7, let alone 10. They Gedcom their efforts to me to import into the master database. As keeper of the master database, I have all later versions of FO, including 10, and will be ordering RootsMagic to explore its features in terms of the project--as well as my own personal use....