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Quicken 2005 backup error message Russ Olstead 02-16-2008
Posted by Russ Olstead on February 16, 2008, 6:01 pm
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I am getting an error msg when I try to backup to floppy disk (needed
to transport from old computer) The message says "couldn't open backup
file" - followed by "file not backed up" on the next screen.

It backs up to C & D drives just fine, but not to floppies.

Any ideas? I have tried deleting the old backup files, reformatting
the disks, verify and "super verify" the files. All seems OK.

Posted by John Pollard on February 16, 2008, 9:51 pm
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 Russ Olstead wrote:
> I am getting an error msg when I try to backup to floppy disk
> (needed
> to transport from old computer) The message says "couldn't
> open backup
> file" - followed by "file not backed up" on the next screen.
>
> It backs up to C & D drives just fine, but not to floppies.

Be careful of wrap.

https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3952

https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1124

https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1694

https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=4769

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John Pollard
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Posted by Russ Olstead on February 17, 2008, 9:50 am
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:51:44 -0600, "John Pollard"

Tried every thing on this list except restoring an old data file from
a previous version and then converting it as I don't have one.

>Russ Olstead wrote:
>> I am getting an error msg when I try to backup to floppy disk
>> (needed
>> to transport from old computer) The message says "couldn't
>> open backup
>> file" - followed by "file not backed up" on the next screen.
>>
>> It backs up to C & D drives just fine, but not to floppies.
>
>Be careful of wrap.
>
>https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3952
>
>https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1124
>
>https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1694
>
>https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=4769

Posted by JimH on February 17, 2008, 2:59 pm
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Russ Olstead wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:51:44 -0600, "John Pollard"
>
> Tried every thing on this list except restoring an old data file from
> a previous version and then converting it as I don't have one.
>
>> Russ Olstead wrote:
>>> I am getting an error msg when I try to backup to floppy disk
>>> (needed
>>> to transport from old computer) The message says "couldn't
>>> open backup
>>> file" - followed by "file not backed up" on the next screen.
>>>
>>> It backs up to C & D drives just fine, but not to floppies.
>> Be careful of wrap.
>>
>>
https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3952
>>
>>
https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1124
>>
>>
https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1694
>>
>>
https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=4769

Have you tried copying other files to the diskette? Perhaps the drive
isn't working properly. If it does work, then you can use 7-zip or some
other zipping program to create the files. Do the backup to a folder on
your hard drive, then use the zipping program to create split files from
the backup. Copy the split files to the diskettes, move them to the new
computer, and use the same utility to recreate the files.

Hope this helps.

-- Jim --

Posted by Marty K on February 18, 2008, 9:37 pm
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Russ Olstead wrote:
> I am getting an error msg when I try to backup to floppy disk (needed
> to transport from old computer) The message says "couldn't open backup
> file" - followed by "file not backed up" on the next screen.
>
> It backs up to C & D drives just fine, but not to floppies.
>
> Any ideas? I have tried deleting the old backup files, reformatting
> the disks, verify and "super verify" the files. All seems OK.
All great suggestions, one other, go buy an inexpensive USB Flash Drive
say 1GB or even 512 MB for about $15 and backup to that. Much faster
then Floppy and it will handle very large Quicken files.

Marty

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