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Quicken 2004 Personal restore backup fails John Talbot 12-03-2006
Posted by John Talbot on December 3, 2006, 10:06 pm
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 I installed Quicken 2004 Personal Plus on a second PC (P4 2.4, XP
Pro, 1GB RAM, lotsa HDD space).

I transferred the data files from the original PC using a removable
flash drive (drive J).

Quicken opens the files directly from that drive J: without any
problem, but then saves updated files back there again and not to
C:Quicken 2004 as one might expect.

Backing up data to a folder on the HDD is reported as successful,
and the files themselves look ok as to size and date, but all
attempts to restore or open from that folder are met with "Cannot
open file".

Thus the only way I can operate is from the single copy of the data
on the flash drive, which is scarcely a sound situation.

I'd be most grateful for any pointers, clues or advice.

***********
John Talbot
***********

Posted by DP on December 3, 2006, 10:34 pm
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How about simply copying the files from the flash drive to the HDD folder
you want them in?
Make sure Quicken is NOT running, select all of the relevant files from the
flash drive and drag them to the HDD folder. Make sure there is a little
plus sign showing near the file icons to indicate you are copying them, not
moving them. (The only reason I suggest copying them is so you still have
working files on the flash drive in case something goes wrong in this
process.)
Then go to the HDD folder, doubleclick on the correct file and Quicken
should open up there.
Might be a good idea to remove the flash drive before you do this, just to
avoid the possibility of confusion.




>I installed Quicken 2004 Personal Plus on a second PC (P4 2.4, XP
> Pro, 1GB RAM, lotsa HDD space).
>
> I transferred the data files from the original PC using a removable
> flash drive (drive J).
>
> Quicken opens the files directly from that drive J: without any
> problem, but then saves updated files back there again and not to
> C:Quicken 2004 as one might expect.
>
> Backing up data to a folder on the HDD is reported as successful,
> and the files themselves look ok as to size and date, but all
> attempts to restore or open from that folder are met with "Cannot
> open file".
>
> Thus the only way I can operate is from the single copy of the data
> on the flash drive, which is scarcely a sound situation.
>
> I'd be most grateful for any pointers, clues or advice.
>
> ***********
> John Talbot
> ***********



Posted by Eric Bloch on December 4, 2006, 9:06 pm
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Do a File-Restore Backup File from your flash drive.

Then do a File-Backup to your new Backup folder.

Then when you quit Q the working file should be in the Q default data folder
which is usually
C:Program FilesQuickenw

Q thinks the flash drive is the data storage location but you really want
your files in the Q default foldeebloch@optonline.net
>I installed Quicken 2004 Personal Plus on a second PC (P4 2.4, XP
> Pro, 1GB RAM, lotsa HDD space).
>
> I transferred the data files from the original PC using a removable
> flash drive (drive J).
>
> Quicken opens the files directly from that drive J: without any
> problem, but then saves updated files back there again and not to
> C:Quicken 2004 as one might expect.
>
> Backing up data to a folder on the HDD is reported as successful,
> and the files themselves look ok as to size and date, but all
> attempts to restore or open from that folder are met with "Cannot
> open file".
>
> Thus the only way I can operate is from the single copy of the data
> on the flash drive, which is scarcely a sound situation.
>
> I'd be most grateful for any pointers, clues or advice.
>
> ***********
> John Talbot
> ***********



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