Rick, I have both 4.0 and 5.0 versions. Willing to help in whatever way I can to get her data back. Then she should update to version 10. There is nothing worse to a genealogist then having to starting all over from scratch. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Roberts" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:01 PM Subject: [FO] opening an old backup file .fob > We have a customer who dropped into the shop to pickup a new version 10 of > Family Origins yesterday. > > She had been a Family Origins 4.0 user but had taken a break from genealogy > for a few years. In the meantime she lost her original Family Origins > program (version 4.x)... but had kept her three different backup files. > > The current version of Family Origins will not open the old backup files. > > Some research on my part reveals that the backup file type for FO versions > prior to 5.0 was .fob . The backup file type for version 5 and newer is > .zip. > > Neither we nor our customer have a pre-version 5 copy of Family Origins, so > are unable to get the files open. > > Does anyone know of a fix for this, or an application that will allow the > .fob to be opened as a GEDCOM or any other modern filetype that can be then > converted to either a GEDCOM or a .fow file. > > I tried TMG (The Master Genealogist) but its Genbridge doesn't work with any > backup file of FO. > > Also tried to open the files as dbase and then via excel and Access to no > avail. Changing the file extension to a .txt file opened but most of the > result was a jumbled mess of characters. > > Any ideas??? > > Rick Roberts > Global Genealogy & History Shoppe > 13 Charles St., (Charles & Main) > Milton, Ontario, Canada L9T 2G5 > http://globalgenealogy.com > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > The "Family Origins® Wish List" http://formalsoft.com/wishlist.htm > ??? FAQ ??? -- http://www.graabek.com/fow/fofaq.html > >