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Paul Blair

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Mar 19, 2011, 5:56:53 AM3/19/11

G'day

I have 3 old (1990-1992) floppy disks with Works .wdb files on them.

I'd like to capture the contents of the disks. I have no copies of Works
whatsoever.

My Office versions (2003 to 2010) won't go near the files, although I
can "see" text mixed in with the jumble of characters.

I've looked around for converters, but they seem rather pricey for 3
small files. I'd welcome any recommendation(s) for a sensible way to
deal with this problem.

TIA

Paul

Merlin

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Mar 19, 2011, 6:48:28 AM3/19/11

Hi Paul,

You could consider trying Works database file convetor here, though I
have not tried this:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/12/10/convert-microsoft-works-database-wdb-to-csv-or-excel-without-works-installed/

If you prefer, you may send the files to me for conversion and I'll return
asap.

Regards,
--
Kevin.
kev...@mvps.org

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Paul Blair

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Mar 20, 2011, 2:17:00 PM3/20/11

Thanks to Kevin for his help...

Paul

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