Probably just ChessBase Light (http://chessbase.com/download/cblight/index.asp?newsid=5654) could fill in for a while...
converting cbh to pgn etc.

Thanks Tomomori. I downloaded it and it does read the files. Any idea how to append new games to a database on chessbase light?

I've never used light, but you can probably drag and drop database icons within the interface to merge whole databases.
Copy (ctrl-c) and paste (ctrl-v) should also work if you want to merge only selected games from one base to another.

I believe Chessbase Light 2007 and 2009 cannot save games until you input an activation key. You can buy a key on the Chessbase web site. For the other alternatives, see this convert to pgn thread.
Hi,
Looking for some tech savvy chessers to help me out.
My old computer broke, got a new one, but the old one had Fritz 11 loaded and stored my games and repertoire in a cbh format. My new computer is a netbook, with no cd drive, so until I manage to get an external drive to get Fritz back on my computer, I downloaded Scid, a free program to store games and so on. Unfortunately, when I pulled the files from my old drive, I saw that Scid could not read the files. Does anyone know a way to convert the files to a format that scid could read? Or perhaps reccomend a better free program?
Thanks,
to you