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Posted by Don on July 14, 2007, 8:36 pm
Please log in for more thread options Hi Jim,
I am using Quicken 2003 so I know they would not offer support for it. It
may just be the nature of the 2003 edition. I may try to reinstall the
program to see if that helps. Thanks for your for replies and support.
Don
>> Yes, I am backing up all 4 of my Quicken data files (same as when I
>> backup
>> from within Quicken).
>>
>> You should be able to backup directly to your USB stick memory.
>>
>> I have no trouble backing up directly to my USB memory stick. I can
>> backup
>> to any media, but my problem is that I can't backup to a hard drive,
>> whether
>> it's C:, K:, or L:.
>>
>> Since I can't schedule a daily backup using (NovaBackup), I found a work
>> around. I went to options preferences and chose to backup after every
>> time
>> I open Quicken. I left a zip disk in my Iomega zip drive and backup to
>> it
>> every time I exit Quicken.
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >> I use a backup program which automatically backs up important files
>> >> daily.
>> >> I would like to include Quicken data in this backup. My backup
>> >> program
>> >> backs up the Q data okay (or so it seems) but when I restore from the
>> >> back
>> >> up file, it really did not back up anything. I tested that by doing a
>> >> regular backup of my Q data onto a peripheral media , then deleted a
>> >> transaction in Q. Then did a restore from my backup program that
>> >> backs
>> >> up
>> >> daily. It DID NOT restore the transaction that I deleted so I know
>> >> that
>> >> backup/restore does not work. Don't misunderstand, Q backup from
>> >> within
>> >> Q
>> >> to a peripheral drive works fine, it's just when I use my daily backup
>> >> program that it doesn't work.
>>
>> >> So then I tried to backup from within Q to a peripheral hard drive (my
>> >> K:
>> >> drive). Quicken then prompts "Unable to access the disk in drive K"
>>
>> >> I've tried backing up to another peripheral hard drive and even tried
>> >> backing up to my C: drive, with the same error message. It seems that
>> >> Quicken will only backup to a peripheral disk, like my Zip drive, A:
>> >> floppy
>> >> drive or even a smart drive with a USB connection.
>>
>> >> I don't understand why I can not backup daily without opening Quicken.
>> >> Is
>> >> that supposed to be that way?
>>
>> > I have no problem in doing a daily backup via Quicken to my 320GB
>> > partitioned hard drive. I then copy these (6) backup files to my USB
>> > stick memory (STORE'N'GO).
>> > Are you backing up all the Quicken data files? I have six Quicken
>> > data files (*.QTX, *.QPH, *.QEL, *.QDF, *.IDX, and HCX) with a total
>> > of 38,560,745 bytes.
>>
>> > Thanks,
>> > Jim- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
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> Hi Don,
>
> I don't have a problem with doing (if I wanted) a direct Quicken
> backup to my USB memory stick. I keep the latest 3 backups on my USB
> memory, while I keep many daily backups on my hard drive. And of
> course I backup my hard drive data every month onto a DVD and/or
> external hard drive.
> You may want to contact Intuit technical support.
> Have you tried reinstalling Quicken? I find this to fix most of my
> problems that occur after many months of use.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
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