The patch does not install on W XP for me either. J Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Benson Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 1:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FO] Getting FO 9.02 from Win98 to WinME ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 11:58 PM Subject: Re: [FO] Getting FO 9.02 from Win98 to WinME > In a message dated 7/18/02 5:28:56 PM Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > Did you install FOW 9 from the original CD to the XP computer? > > Did you copy the patch, or download a new one, and install it? > > Did you create a new, empty database on the XP computer? > > Did you go to the File menu, select "GEDCOM" - "import GEDCOM"? > > Which step didn't go as expected, and how? > > > > Sorry to have been so vague. I don't post to many lists. > Yes, I installed Family Origins onto the laptop (that's the "XP", right?) > from the original CD. > I tried to install the patch but it wouldn't install. I had downloaded the > patch so long ago that I cannot recall what problem I was having that made me > need the patch so I figured whatever the problem had been was no longer valid > with WinME, that's why it wouldn't install. I will go to > www.familyorigins.com and see about downloading a new patch. First off...let me suggest that you go to www.formalsoft.com for all your Family Origins needs, in order to avoid the confusing mix & mention of Genealogy.com 's Family Tree Maker at *that other site* ;-) There are actually two(2) different patches that can be applied to your FO version ~depending~ on whether you already have version 9.0 or 9.01. They can be found at http://www.formalsoft.com/files.htm ( if you are not at version 9.02... you should apply the appropriate patch regardless of Win95,98,ME,XP) While FO is running...click on -->Help-->About Family Origins-->Note the version and download the appropriate patch file. Run the file and point it to the folder on your system where FO is installed, to apply the patch. > Yes, I created a new, empty database on the laptop . > Yes, I selected "import GEDCOM" from the file menu. > As to which step didn't go as expected... our main, combined database is way > too large for one floppy. It took four; two for his side and two for mine. > His first disk finished in maybe a minute then it asked for the second disk. > After two and a half hours the second disk had not finished. I knew that > wasn't right so I shut the laptop off and asked y'all for help. I'm not > entirely sure which step that second disk was. The problem here might possibly have been the "format" of floppy #2 was corrupted. *Always* format blank floppies before using them to backup "precious" data. This marks bad spots (called clusters) unusable to prevent their use to store data in questionable areas. The Export GEDcom routine spans to the next (and subsequent) disks by using ZIP to compress them and the Import GEDcom routine reads the first disk and if there is more to import... prompts for the subsequent disks with filenames that are in the form "gedcom_name.r00, gedcom_name.r01, etc." I've been fortunate not to have problems with import/export, so I cannot comment on whether FO will "always" produce a visible warning/error (that it can't "read" the disk) but it seems a moot point...since you had to reboot, in order to recover. > Thank you for the advice about using the backup method instead of the GEDCOM > method. I've never done a "restore" before but I sure will give it a try. > Thanks again, > Barbara Wright > Slidell, Louisiana > [email protected] I know from experience and from mentions on this forum, that the backup method requires LESS space to transfer the same amount of information and preserves the custom sentence structure of user-defined facts -=Kevin Benson=- ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== My very basic Windows beginners help: http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~adelr/index.htm basic HTML: http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~pasher/