can qbw file open on another computer?

Posted by bratdawg on October 5, 2006, 3:05 am

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i'm trying to rescue data from a drive where the os has become
corrupted. can't run qb to run it's backup utility, but i can get the
..qbw files.

Will she be able to open these when she installs qb?

thanks

Posted by scfundogs on October 5, 2006, 8:17 am

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> i'm trying to rescue data from a drive where the os has become

> corrupted. can't run qb to run it's backup utility, but i can get the

> .qbw files.

> Will she be able to open these when she installs qb?

The other user will have to have the same version of QB *and* have it
updated to the same patch you had.

If the other user's version is higher than yours she'll have to update the
file to the new version but if its older than yours she won't be able to
open it.

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Tara

Posted by kyle on October 5, 2006, 5:19 pm

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is this true for the .qbw file AND the .qbb file produced by the
file>>backup utility?
i was hoping nthe .qbb file was a little more robust -- otherwise, what
is the purpose of it..

scfundogs wrote:

> > i'm trying to rescue data from a drive where the os has become

> > corrupted. can't run qb to run it's backup utility, but i can get the

> > .qbw files.

> >

> > Will she be able to open these when she installs qb?

> The other user will have to have the same version of QB *and* have it

> updated to the same patch you had.

> If the other user's version is higher than yours she'll have to update the

> file to the new version but if its older than yours she won't be able to

> open it.

> --

> Tara

Posted by scfundogs on October 5, 2006, 5:24 pm

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> is this true for the .qbw file AND the .qbb file produced by the

> file>>backup utility?

> i was hoping nthe .qbb file was a little more robust -- otherwise, what

> is the purpose of it..

Quickbooks Basic, Pro & Premier (don't know about Enterprise) have never
been backwards compatible to my knowledge. Company files can only be read
in the same version they were created or higher.

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Tara

Posted by HeyBub on October 5, 2006, 9:46 pm

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kyle wrote:

> is this true for the .qbw file AND the .qbb file produced by the

> file>>backup utility?

> i was hoping nthe .qbb file was a little more robust -- otherwise,

> what

> is the purpose of it..

Win98 (for example) cannot read a diskette formatted with NTFS by WinXP. DOS
5 cannot read a disk formatted with FAT32 by Win98.

From a software perspective, it's difficult enough to make stuff FORWARD
compatible, let alone having ancient software process current data.