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Backup problems - HELP PLEASE! Terri 04-02-2008
Posted by John Pollard on April 2, 2008, 7:19 pm
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 Laura wrote:
> When you open up Quicken go to File. At the bottom of that
> screen you
> will see the last files opened. Make note of the full path of
> the
> file. I would use windows explorer to move the others to the
> BACKUP
> folder where they belong.

I'd like to make a suggestion.

Do not put any user-created backup files in the same folder with
Quicken-automatically-created backup files: keep the Quicken
auto backup folder, "BACKUP", solely for Quicken's auto-backups.

Having separate folders for user-generated and Quicken-generated
backups makes it easy to distinguish between them and easier to
avoid getting confused (as when some folks chose to give their
Quicken data a name that ends in a single digit).

> In the future, remember to use the File>>open command to OPEN
> your
> files and File>>Restore to open up a backup file.

Definitely.

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John Pollard
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Posted by Laura on April 2, 2008, 7:42 pm
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> Laura wrote:
>> When you open up Quicken go to File. At the bottom of that screen you
>> will see the last files opened. Make note of the full path of the
>> file. I would use windows explorer to move the others to the BACKUP
>> folder where they belong.
>
> I'd like to make a suggestion.
>
> Do not put any user-created backup files in the same folder with
> Quicken-automatically-created backup files: keep the Quicken auto backup
> folder, "BACKUP", solely for Quicken's auto-backups.
>
> Having separate folders for user-generated and Quicken-generated backups
> makes it easy to distinguish between them and easier to avoid getting
> confused (as when some folks chose to give their Quicken data a name that
> ends in a single digit).

When exiting Quicken and we are prompted to make a backup one of the options
is to append the mmddyyyy to the file name. Which folder would you put these
backups into? Currently all of my backups go to the BACKUP folder. Is this
okay? I know that these are all backups.

>> In the future, remember to use the File>>open command to OPEN your
>> files and File>>Restore to open up a backup file.
>
> Definitely.
>
> --
>
> John Pollard
> First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
> Please reply to newsgroup
>


Posted by Han on April 2, 2008, 8:28 pm
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> When exiting Quicken and we are prompted to make a backup one of the
> options is to append the mmddyyyy to the file name. Which folder would
> you put these backups into? Currently all of my backups go to the
> BACKUP folder. Is this okay? I know that these are all backups.
>

That's what I do (appending mmddyyyy to the file name), but the backups do
go to a different computer.

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Best regards
Han
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Posted by John Pollard on April 2, 2008, 9:00 pm
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Laura wrote:
>> Laura wrote:
>>> When you open up Quicken go to File. At the bottom of that
>>> screen
>>> you will see the last files opened. Make note of the full
>>> path of
>>> the file. I would use windows explorer to move the others to
>>> the
>>> BACKUP folder where they belong.

>> I'd like to make a suggestion.
>>
>> Do not put any user-created backup files in the same folder
>> with
>> Quicken-automatically-created backup files: keep the Quicken
>> auto
>> backup folder, "BACKUP", solely for Quicken's auto-backups.
>>
>> Having separate folders for user-generated and
>> Quicken-generated
>> backups makes it easy to distinguish between them and easier
>> to
>> avoid getting confused (as when some folks chose to give
>> their
>> Quicken data a name that ends in a single digit).

> When exiting Quicken and we are prompted to make a backup one
> of the
> options is to append the mmddyyyy to the file name. Which
> folder
> would you put these backups into? Currently all of my backups
> go to
> the BACKUP folder. Is this okay? I know that these are all
> backups.

I was thinking more of the poster you were replying to when I
made my suggestion ... and hoping to prevent potential
confusion. I suspect that those who fully understand the
concept of backup/restore, and Quicken's backup procedures, will
be able to select and make use of the backup files they make and
that Quicken makes.

I do not use the option to append the date to the backup file
name. I put the backups I create into folders of their own;
where the folders identify what I need to know, in a general
way, about the backups I create. When I want to "restore" (or
otherwise get access to) a backup I made, I have no trouble
finding it ... and if I want to "restore" it (or copy it), I
never have to worry about modifying the name to exclude the
date).

Having said that, even if I used the Quicken option to append
the date to the backup file name, I would find it simpler to
keep the BACKUP folder limited to those backups that Quicken
created automatically.

[I can also imagine logic for putting all Quicken backups, no
matter how initiated, into one folder. Some of my approaches
take into account the fact that as I get older, I get more
forgetful; sometimes forgetting how I originally intended to do
things. But I think some of my approaches might also benefit
those younger folk who don't always pay close attention to the
appropriate approach to procedures like backup/restore.]

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John Pollard
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Posted by John Pollard on April 2, 2008, 9:14 pm
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John Pollard wrote:

> I suspect that those who fully understand the
> concept of backup/restore, and Quicken's backup procedures,
> will
> be able to select and make use of the backup files they make
> and
> that Quicken makes.

I think this sounds confusing when I read it again.

I was trying to say that users who are already comfortable with
their backup/restore philosophies, should not need to worry a
lot about my suggestion. If they have tested the backup/restore
approach the are using, and it works for them ... they can
probably ignore my suggestion.

While I very much like the way my backup approach works for me,
and while I think it would provide the same benefit to others; I
do not intend to suggest that it is the only way, or the best
way for all.

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