Backup file name

Posted by Don on August 15, 2009, 11:20 am

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I use Quicken Deluxe 2009. My backup files are named:

Qdata_20090528_20090716_20090723_20090725_20090731_etc. etc. etc.

How in the world can I get rid of all this junk in the file name.

Date modified is all I need when I look at a backup file.

The "Add the date to file name box is NOT checked".

Also, I want to overwrite the old backup files with the current backup
file. They seem to be appending every time I do a backup.;l

Thanks,

Don

Posted by Han on August 15, 2009, 12:02 pm

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> I use Quicken Deluxe 2009. My backup files are named:

> Qdata_20090528_20090716_20090723_20090725_20090731_etc. etc. etc.

> How in the world can I get rid of all this junk in the file name.

> Date modified is all I need when I look at a backup file.

> The "Add the date to file name box is NOT checked".

> Also, I want to overwrite the old backup files with the current backup

> file. They seem to be appending every time I do a backup.;l

> Thanks,

> Don

You may have been restoring backup file sets. The restored file set then
may include those dates. If you keep doing that (backing up with
attached date, then restoring) this would explain what you see. I don't
see how this could have happened without the aforementioned setup.

You can alsways save the curent file set (or any other) with a new name,
as long as it isn't one that is already in use. I would suggest to make
it Q_Data. Make sure it gets to a regular data directory, not the backup
directory. Then you could archive all the backups to a CD or DVD, and
delete them from the hard drive. Just make sure you archive everything
...

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Han
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Posted by Don on August 15, 2009, 12:54 pm

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Han wrote:

>> I use Quicken Deluxe 2009. My backup files are named:

>> Qdata_20090528_20090716_20090723_20090725_20090731_etc. etc. etc.

>> How in the world can I get rid of all this junk in the file name.

>> Date modified is all I need when I look at a backup file.

>> The "Add the date to file name box is NOT checked".

>> Also, I want to overwrite the old backup files with the current backup

>> file. They seem to be appending every time I do a backup.;l

>> Thanks,

>> Don

> You may have been restoring backup file sets. The restored file set then

> may include those dates. If you keep doing that (backing up with

> attached date, then restoring) this would explain what you see. I don't

> see how this could have happened without the aforementioned setup.

> You can alsways save the curent file set (or any other) with a new name,

> as long as it isn't one that is already in use. I would suggest to make

> it Q_Data. Make sure it gets to a regular data directory, not the backup

> directory. Then you could archive all the backups to a CD or DVD, and

> delete them from the hard drive. Just make sure you archive everything

> ...

I saved the file with a new name as you suggested to Q_Data and now I am
happy with the results. Thank you.

Posted by Han on August 15, 2009, 3:54 pm

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> Han wrote:

>>> I use Quicken Deluxe 2009. My backup files are named:

>>>

>>> Qdata_20090528_20090716_20090723_20090725_20090731_etc. etc. etc.

>>>

>>> How in the world can I get rid of all this junk in the file name.

>>>

>>> Date modified is all I need when I look at a backup file.

>>>

>>> The "Add the date to file name box is NOT checked".

>>>

>>> Also, I want to overwrite the old backup files with the current

>>> backup file. They seem to be appending every time I do a backup.;l

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>>

>>> Don

>>>

>> You may have been restoring backup file sets. The restored file set

>> then may include those dates. If you keep doing that (backing up

>> with attached date, then restoring) this would explain what you see.

>> I don't see how this could have happened without the aforementioned

>> setup.

>> You can alsways save the curent file set (or any other) with a new

>> name, as long as it isn't one that is already in use. I would

>> suggest to make it Q_Data. Make sure it gets to a regular data

>> directory, not the backup directory. Then you could archive all the

>> backups to a CD or DVD, and delete them from the hard drive. Just

>> make sure you archive everything ...

> I saved the file with a new name as you suggested to Q_Data and now I

> am happy with the results. Thank you.

Great! Thanks for letting us know!

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Han
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