Pat If you give me the web address of your family tree I can have a look, if it is on ancestry then there is definately a gedcom file. Lorraine Clarke Perth Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "P WILLIAMS" <p.williams352@btinternet.com> To: "nottsgen" <nottsgen-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 4:45 AM Subject: [NTT] Off Topic but I need advice > Hi > > Is there a computer genuious out there? I know this is off topic, but I > would appreciate help, but please email off list. > > Two weeks ago I was downloading service pack three updates. The > installation failed and I pressed the cancel button. On doing this, files > started to delete, so I pressed the off button on my processor. When I > turned my computer back on all I got was a blue screen with the message " > Autocheck programme not found" I tried to re-install windows and that > failed and I also tried the recovery disc, but to no avail. i could not do > anything with my computer at all, all I kept getting was the same screen > with the same message. > My computer has been at PC world for two weeks and although they have > managed to install windows, they tell my data has been lost. This is 10 > years of work and stupidly I have nothing backed up....Obviously, I'm some > what upset and feeling rather low, because my family tree is my life and > without it I'm stuck.... > > I use Family tree maker version 6 and I do have a homepage...The dog has > chewed my version 6 disc up when he was a puppy....so I haven't even got > that. > My question is has anyone any idea how I can recover my family tree? any > suggestions would be most welcome...Is the tree still there as a GEDCOM > File? > Kind regards > > Pat Williams > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message