I'm a little confused by what you have written. Please see my responses after your comments. >Every time I back up my genealogy data to a CD, problems occur. OK. We can fix that by finding out exactly what and how you are trying to do this. >When I try to upload my FTM files or even some Word file, often it says the >file is damaged and won't open. Where are you trying to upload them to? Do you mean burn them onto a CD? Or are you trying to post them to the web? >Yet when I burnt the disc it always says its OK. Can you read the files from the CD once you have burned them? >Maybe the problem arises when I start burning, a window opens saying that >the file names are not right and can it fix them. I always say yes and it >seems to be the very long files that are in sub/sub/sub/folders, hidden in >the depths of the PC. I've not been able to check whether they are the >files that don't open as they flash away so fast. This is a problem with the standards used to burn files to a CD. There are only so many spaces/letter allowed in the path to a file. The fact that you say they are in sub/sub/sub folders is an indication that the path is to long. Try moving the file to the My Documents folder or create a new folder and name it something to the effect of "Burn2CD". If you do this, I think you'll see your problem disappear. >I'm using a Sony rewriter and Roxio Easy 6.0. Thanks for telling us this. In the future, if you have a problem, it also helps to know the operating system (i.e.. Win98, Win98SE, ME, 2000, XP, etc.) that you are using. Art

> I'm a little confused by what you have written. Please see my responses > after your comments. > > >Every time I back up my genealogy data to a CD, problems occur. > > OK. We can fix that by finding out exactly what and how you are trying to > do this. > > >When I try to upload my FTM files or even some Word file, often it says the > >file is damaged and won't open. > > Where are you trying to upload them to? Do you mean burn them onto a CD? "Yes" > Or are you trying to post them to the web? No, I said to a CD in my first post. > > >Yet when I burnt the disc it always says its OK. > > Can you read the files from the CD once you have burned them? No, thats the problem, as I said in my first post. > > >Maybe the problem arises when I start burning, a window opens saying that > >the file names are not right and can it fix them. I always say yes and it > >seems to be the very long files that are in sub/sub/sub/folders, hidden in > >the depths of the PC. I've not been able to check whether they are the > >files that don't open as they flash away so fast. > > This is a problem with the standards used to burn files to a CD. There are > only so many spaces/letter allowed in the path to a file. The fact that > you say they are in sub/sub/sub folders is an indication that the path is > to long. Try moving the file to the My Documents folder or create a new > folder and name it something to the effect of "Burn2CD". If you do this, I > think you'll see your problem disappear. As I suspected, but how would I know how many spaces/letters are allowed in my file name? > >I'm using a Sony rewriter and Roxio Easy 6.0. > Thanks for telling us this. In the future, if you have a problem, it also > helps to know the operating system (i.e.. Win98, Win98SE, ME, 2000, XP, > etc.) that you are using. Sorry, WinME. genlistlass