The simpler way to transfer the database is to use the zip file that you create with the backup command and restore it on the other machine. Unfortunately this does not transfer the media that have to be done separately. If you have a lot, it would be wise to zip (or 7z - 7zip) the whole media folder and transfer the results that way. Bill > I bought a H-P 64 bit system, too dumb to know any different. I downloaded > PAF-5 with no trouble. I keep all of my family files (20-25) in one folder > called PAF-Families which also has a sub-folder for my pictures. > > This works great and I copy the big folder to a thumb drive to use when I go > to print on my old XP machine. > > No GEDCOMs required. > > Don