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Posted by The Litwaks on June 2, 2006, 12:52 am
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I need to move Quicken 2005 from one computer that is ailing to another
one that we just got. The new computer can read CDs but the old one
can't write CDs. What do I need to move for QUicken to get all my
current info, check registers, etc.? I don't want to move all the
software obviously. I'm just going to reinstall that. Thanks.
Ken
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Posted by Hank Arnold on June 2, 2006, 5:18 am
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If you are willing to open the boxes, you could remove the hard drive in
the old machine and add it as a second drive in the new one. Copy the
account files and remove the drive.
Alternatively, connect the computers with a crossover cable and network
them. Then copy/move the account files.
In either case, you will have to install Q on the new machine. Don't
even think about trying to move the program....
Regards,
Hank Arnold
The Litwaks wrote:
> I need to move Quicken 2005 from one computer that is ailing to another
> one that we just got. The new computer can read CDs but the old one
> can't write CDs. What do I need to move for QUicken to get all my
> current info, check registers, etc.? I don't want to move all the
> software obviously. I'm just going to reinstall that. Thanks.
>
>
> Ken
>
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Posted by Laura on June 2, 2006, 7:31 am
Please log in for more thread options The Litwaks wrote:
> I need to move Quicken 2005 from one computer that is ailing to another
> one that we just got. The new computer can read CDs but the old one
> can't write CDs. What do I need to move for QUicken to get all my
> current info, check registers, etc.? I don't want to move all the
> software obviously. I'm just going to reinstall that. Thanks.
>
When my hard drive was failing 2 years ago, I took it to a local computer
repair place. I had them backup everything under my userid in Local Settings
to DVD. They did it by hooking up the laptop to their network and copied the
files to a server for safe keeping. Because my hard drive was failing, my CD
burner would not successfully burn CDs because it uses temp space as it burns.
Other options: USB flash drive, network 2 computers using a router
If the drive is truly dying, only use the machine to copy the contents off
of it. Trying to write to the drive *can* speed up the dying process so use
the computer as little as possible.
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Posted by Andrew on June 2, 2006, 8:08 am
Please log in for more thread options The Litwaks wrote:
> I need to move Quicken 2005 from one computer that is ailing to
> another one that we just got. The new computer can read CDs but the
> old one can't write CDs. What do I need to move for QUicken to get
> all my current info, check registers, etc.? I don't want to move all
> the software obviously. I'm just going to reinstall that. Thanks.
>
>
> Ken
Three other options:
Do you have any other media that can be written from the old and read from
the new (ie: like floppy drives?). You can use that.
How about a detachable drive that plugs into USB ports? I use a Seagate
external Hard Drive primarily as a backup drive, plus it's easy to unplug
and plug into another machine if I wish to read it from there as well.
Or you can *consider* emailing yourself the Quicken fileset (typically
everything under your file name and *all* the extensions, such as
qdata.qdf, qdata.qel, qdata.qtx., etc. etc. ) and pull the email back onto
the new computer. You might wish to encrypt the data first so you're not
sending your financial info over the internet (even if it is to yourself, it
still goes thru routers and ends up on some server....) in the clear. We
just had a discussion in this forum about the appropriateness of emailing
Quicken files, so read that. I only point this out as a suggestion - YMMV.
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Regards -
- Andrew
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Posted by DP on June 2, 2006, 8:29 am
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Still another possibility besides all that hve been mentioned here:
One of those free online storage sites, along the lines of
http://www.streamload.com/ .
Upload your files to the site from the old computer, then download to the
new one. I hope you have broadband capability, because it's a lot of stuff
to be sending.
Also, at the very least, password-protect the files. If you have the
capability, encrypt it as well.
>I need to move Quicken 2005 from one computer that is ailing to another one
>that we just got. The new computer can read CDs but the old one can't
>write CDs. What do I need to move for QUicken to get all my current info,
>check registers, etc.? I don't want to move all the software obviously.
>I'm just going to reinstall that. Thanks.
>
>
> Ken
>
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