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Posted by Strasser on June 3, 2007, 5:32 pm
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Does anyone know if it is OK to backup the Quicken files using Windows
Explorer to copy the 5 or six files that quicken creates? It looks
like the backup utility simply makes a direct copy of these files to
put in the backup folder.
After bad experiences with the restore command and other backup
programs, I would rather just use Windows Explorer, unless there is
some reason one has to use Quicken's backup utility.
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Posted by John on June 3, 2007, 5:56 pm
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> Does anyone know if it is OK to backup the Quicken files using Windows
> Explorer to copy the 5 or six files that quicken creates? It looks
> like the backup utility simply makes a direct copy of these files to
> put in the backup folder.
> After bad experiences with the restore command and other backup
> programs, I would rather just use Windows Explorer, unless there is
> some reason one has to use Quicken's backup utility.
>
I use the backup command (ctrl-B) to create the backup files in a
separate directory. I then copy them to a DVD using windows explorer.
I also use windows explorer to copy them to the Quicken directory
on my laptop. I never use Quicken's restore function. I just copy the
files back into the Quicken directory overwriting the ones that are
there. I've been doing this for at least 5 years and have never had a
problem with the procedure.
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Posted by John Pollard on June 3, 2007, 8:20 pm
Please log in for more thread options Strasser wrote:
> Does anyone know if it is OK to backup the Quicken files using
> Windows
> Explorer to copy the 5 or six files that quicken creates? It
> looks
> like the backup utility simply makes a direct copy of these
> files to
> put in the backup folder.
Yes; making a Windows copy of all of the files that comprise
your Quicken fileset is the equivalent of using Quicken to
backup your data.
[Be advised that you are responsible for keeping track of just
which files comprise that fileset ... and that the number and
names of those files can change - not only when you use a new
version of Quicken ... but even when you exercise different
features in your current version.]
> After bad experiences with the restore command and other
> backup
> programs, I would rather just use Windows Explorer, unless
> there is
> some reason one has to use Quicken's backup utility.
Since the alternative you suggest is *exactly* the equivalent of
using Quicken to "backup" your data; I can't imagine why the
alternative would produce better results.
--
John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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Posted by R. C. White on June 19, 2007, 12:57 pm
Please log in for more thread options Hi, Strasser.
As John and John said, there should be no problem in using Windows Explorer
to make a backup copy of Quicken's data files, so long as you get the
complete fileset. This is not the same as Windows' (or Vista's)
Backup/Restore, but there should be no problem in using that utility,
either.
But I also see little or no need for this. In addition to the 5
most-recent-weekly backups that Quicken makes automatically (in the
QuickenBACKUP folder, by default), I typically have at least 3 other recent
backups that I make manually. First, there is the one that I do with Ctrl+B
at least once a day, and often several times a day as I complete "batches"
of data entry (from checking, from brokers' statements, after bank
reconciliations, etc.); this one goes to a separate folder on the same HD as
Quicken. At least once a week or so, I'll also redirect the Ctrl+B backup
to a folder on a different HD in my computer. Then, about once a month,
I'll also send the Ctrl+B backup to a USB thumb drive, which is stored
separately from the computer itself. And, sometimes, I DO use Windows
Explorer (or Xcopy from a Command Prompt) to copy the whole Quicken folder
to still another thumb drive or CD, but I'm not very conscientious about
making these copies.
But, no matter how or where I make the backups, I practically never need to
Restore one, so I have very little experience with that. I test them now
and then, just to be sure that I can restore, but they are for emergencies
only, not for daily use.
Once upon a time, when we were using floppies for backup, Quicken had to
split the backup files among multiple disks and then do some extra file
management to be sure that all the pieces were reassembled properly when
restored. And there was a time when the backups were encrypted and the
restore program had to decrypt them, too. But those complications are
behind most of us. Nowadays, I can't see any difference between files
created by Quicken's backup and a straightforward Copy, by either Quicken or
Windows.
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)
> Does anyone know if it is OK to backup the Quicken files using Windows
> Explorer to copy the 5 or six files that quicken creates? It looks
> like the backup utility simply makes a direct copy of these files to
> put in the backup folder.
> After bad experiences with the restore command and other backup
> programs, I would rather just use Windows Explorer, unless there is
> some reason one has to use Quicken's backup utility.
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