I received a CD from a person that I have corresponded with via e-mail and one of the sites on MyFamily.com. My computer will not recognize the CD that he sent. He says he has included a file in Family Tree Maker version 7.0 for Windows, a gedcom file of the same information, several coats of arms pictures in pcx format, and bmp format, and some tree drawings in bmp format.
He has a CompaqPC model 6024US, running Windows XP Home Edition, with a DVD/CD burner. His tree has 4,000 individuals. After I couldn't get anything but "This disk is unreadable by this computer", I took the disk to a neighbor with a PC & he said he thought that the disk had been compressed with Winrar, and that there wasn't any way my computer would read it. I have an old PowerComputing PowerBase 200 (PowerPC 603ev) with 96 MB and 1.2 GB hard drive. The CD-Rom drive was advertised at 8 X. I am using FWB CD Rom toolkit version number:4.0.1. The drive is PHILIPS PCA80SC V4-9. I am running OS 8.6. I thought I would return the disk to my friend and ask him to burn one in another format. What should he use for me to be able to read it? Really all that I am interested in is the gedcom. I have MacLinkPlus Deluxe and Stuffit programs. Jan Carpenter -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
