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Posted by Jim Flaherty on March 28, 2007, 9:12 am
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Hi,
Recently my Quicken file backups fail with "File noit backed up". When I
look in the backup directory the following files are created Any ideas?
QDF, QDL, QTX
There are over 7GB free on my drive so disk space is not the problem.
Note: My QDF file is approaching 22MB is there any chance I've reached some
upper limit?
-Jim
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Posted by R. C. White on March 28, 2007, 10:16 am
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Hi, Jim.
I don't have all the answers, but here are a couple of thoughts:
22 MB is NOT over (or near) the limit for a QDF file. Mine is over 25 MB
and going strong; other users have reported files much larger than this. We
discuss this topic here several times a year.
We also often discuss the fact that what Quicken calls "a file" is actually
a set of related files, so we've created the term "fileset" to refer to the
whole group. There's always the QDF file and there may be up to a
half-dozen others, depending on how YOU use Quicken. (I have QDF, QEL, QPH,
QTX - and IDX.) When we let Quicken handle jobs like backup and copy, it
automatically works with the full fileset; when we use other programs or
Windows functions, such as Copy or Backup, then we have to remember to
include ALL the related files. The 3 you mention may or may not be the full
set. I haven't heard of a QDL file in Quicken.
Quicken automatically creates a BACKUP folder as a sub-folder under the main
Quicken folder. This is where it puts the 5 (by default) automatic backups
(named QDATA1.* through QDATA5.*, by default) that it creates each week. In
addition, Quicken reminds you periodically as you close the program to
backup your files; YOU pick the location for these backups. And, of course,
you can choose to make additional backups whenever and wherever you like.
When you say "the backup directory", are you referring to the
QuickenWBACKUP folder, or to a directory you've created on your hard drive?
Which operating system are you running? Vista includes some new security
features that can keep us from writing to some folders if we don't have the
proper permissions. Also, which version of Quicken are you using?
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Currently running Vista Ultimate x64)
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> Hi,
>
> Recently my Quicken file backups fail with "File noit backed up". When I
> look in the backup directory the following files are created Any ideas?
>
> QDF, QDL, QTX
>
> There are over 7GB free on my drive so disk space is not the problem.
> Note: My QDF file is approaching 22MB is there any chance I've reached
> some upper limit?
>
> -Jim
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Posted by Buck Frobisher on March 28, 2007, 3:30 pm
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> Hi,
>
> Recently my Quicken file backups fail with "File noit backed up". When I
> look in the backup directory the following files are created Any ideas?
>
> QDF, QDL, QTX
>
> There are over 7GB free on my drive so disk space is not the problem.
> Note: My QDF file is approaching 22MB is there any chance I've reached
> some upper limit?
>
> -Jim
I would also suggest that 7 gig free space isn't a lot. Over the years I
have also found that computers generally can be expected to start to exhibit
unpredictable behaviour when free space is at or less than 10% of the total
disc space.
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