Transferring to a new computer
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From: P T on 13 Feb 2006 21:45 I use Quicken 2004 Deluxe and WinXP Home. I'm about to set up a replacement computer and want to move Quicken to it. I assume that the first step is to install the Quicken program on the new computer. There's an existing folder QuickenW\Backup, which seems to be the only identifiable backup material. Is it enough to copy this folder over to the new computer, or are there other steps needed? -- PT
From: Mbt6 on 13 Feb 2006 22:48 "P T" <xyz(a)xyz.com> wrote in message news:dsrg89$47$1(a)nwnexus-news.nwnexus.com... >I use Quicken 2004 Deluxe and WinXP Home. I'm about to set up a >replacement > computer and want to move Quicken to it. I assume that the first step is > to > install the Quicken program on the new computer. There's an existing > folder > QuickenW\Backup, which seems to be the only identifiable backup material. > > Is it enough to copy this folder over to the new computer, or are there > other steps needed? > > -- > PT > > Just do a back up of your current work on old computer. Then move it to a CD, or a directory the new computer can read from. Then from Quicken do a File / Restore Backup File from new computer....it'll let you restore from anywhere onto a clean install.
From: R. C. White on 14 Feb 2006 16:30 Hi, PT. Mbt6 gave you good advice: backup from the old; restore on the new. That \QuickenW\Backup folder is where Quicken saves the automatic backups that it makes weekly. If you take a look at it, you should see sets of files dated each of the past 5 weeks. The newest set will have your data filename with "01" attached. For example, if your main file is PT.QDF, then the latest set of backups will be PT01.QDF, PT01.QEL, etc., with the extensions other than .qdf depending on how YOU use Quicken. When each week's file is backed up, PT05 is deleted, then PT04 is renamed PT05, then PT03 becomes PT04, and so on until PT01 is renamed PT02 - and then your current fileset is saved as PT01.*. By default, Quicken keeps its current working fileset right in the QuickenW folder. QuickenW\Backup\PT01.QDF might be up to a week old, but QuickenW\PT.QDF should be up to the minute. If you decide to use Windows tools (such as Windows Explorer) to do the copy or backup, be sure to include the full fileset, not just the .QDF file. If you let Quicken handle the backup and restore, it will automatically include the full fileset, which it persists in referring to as a single Quicken "file". There's no need to transfer the Backup\PT01, etc., filesets, unless you are a belt AND suspenders kind of guy. ;^} They will be rebuilt automatically over the next 5 weeks on your new system. RC -- R. C. White, CPA (Retired - no longer licensed to practice) San Marcos, TX rc(a)grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP "P T" <xyz(a)xyz.com> wrote in message news:dsrg89$47$1(a)nwnexus-news.nwnexus.com... >I use Quicken 2004 Deluxe and WinXP Home. I'm about to set up a >replacement > computer and want to move Quicken to it. I assume that the first step is > to > install the Quicken program on the new computer. There's an existing > folder > QuickenW\Backup, which seems to be the only identifiable backup material. > > Is it enough to copy this folder over to the new computer, or are there > other steps needed? > > -- > PT
From: R. C. White on 3 Mar 2006 09:57 Whoops! Slight correction... > The newest set will have your data filename with "01" attached. For > example, if your main file is PT.QDF, then the latest set of backups will > be PT01.QDF, PT01.QEL, etc. Forget the "0". Quicken appends only the single digit "1". So the paragraph should read: > The newest set will have your data filename with "1" attached. For > example, if your main file is PT.QDF, then the latest set of backups will > be PT1.QDF, PT1.QEL, etc. Not important, I know, unless YOU are confused by my original post. ;^] RC -- R. C. White, CPA (Retired - no longer licensed to practice) San Marcos, TX rc(a)grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP "R. C. White" <rc(a)grandecom.net> wrote in message news:11v4ivisk83lfd2(a)corp.supernews.com... > Hi, PT. > > Mbt6 gave you good advice: backup from the old; restore on the new. > > That \QuickenW\Backup folder is where Quicken saves the automatic backups > that it makes weekly. If you take a look at it, you should see sets of > files dated each of the past 5 weeks. The newest set will have your data > filename with "01" attached. For example, if your main file is PT.QDF, > then the latest set of backups will be PT01.QDF, PT01.QEL, etc., with the > extensions other than .qdf depending on how YOU use Quicken. When each > week's file is backed up, PT05 is deleted, then PT04 is renamed PT05, > then PT03 becomes PT04, and so on until PT01 is renamed PT02 - and then > your current fileset is saved as PT01.*. > > By default, Quicken keeps its current working fileset right in the > QuickenW folder. QuickenW\Backup\PT01.QDF might be up to a week old, but > QuickenW\PT.QDF should be up to the minute. If you decide to use Windows > tools (such as Windows Explorer) to do the copy or backup, be sure to > include the full fileset, not just the .QDF file. If you let Quicken > handle the backup and restore, it will automatically include the full > fileset, which it persists in referring to as a single Quicken "file". > There's no need to transfer the Backup\PT01, etc., filesets, unless you > are a belt AND suspenders kind of guy. ;^} They will be rebuilt > automatically over the next 5 weeks on your new system. > > RC > > "P T" <xyz(a)xyz.com> wrote in message > news:dsrg89$47$1(a)nwnexus-news.nwnexus.com... >>I use Quicken 2004 Deluxe and WinXP Home. I'm about to set up a >>replacement >> computer and want to move Quicken to it. I assume that the first step is >> to >> install the Quicken program on the new computer. There's an existing >> folder >> QuickenW\Backup, which seems to be the only identifiable backup material. >> >> Is it enough to copy this folder over to the new computer, or are there >> other steps needed? >> >> -- >> PT
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