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melissaB
June 12th, 2005, 04:00 PM
Hi there. My friend just recently bought a computer with windows xp. His old computer had windows 95. He has a family tree program on the old computer and can not save his file to a disk because it is too large for a 3x5 floppy and he does not have a cd burner on his computer, just a cd reader. He tried to install the program for the family tree maker on his new computer hoping he could transfer the files and save it on a cd on the new computer but can not get the program to work on the new computer. Is there anyway to install an old cd program onto a newer computer? thanks.

Murray S.
June 12th, 2005, 04:10 PM
Howdy and welcome to CTH..

Try the following..

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/appcompat.mspx

Murray

melissaB
June 12th, 2005, 04:17 PM
Thank you , I will have him try that!

Murray S.
June 12th, 2005, 04:26 PM
Let me know how it goes!!

Murray