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Posted by Don on July 19, 2007, 4:32 pm
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Does it back up daily at a time specified by you?
If you will refer to the original question, that is what I want to do. Yes,
I have no trouble backing up and restoring data from within quicken. But I
want my backup program to do it. I was using Backup MyPC but it was not
compatible with Windows Vista so I had to abandon that program and purchase
NovaBackup which is what I am using now. I backup all important data files
every evening starting at 10:00 PM. It backs up all my data files ...
except Quicken. If I want to backup Quicken, I have to take time out to
open the program and manually back it up.
:Don
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:Don
> It is *NOT* "the nature" of any version of Q. I've used Q since it came on
> one 3 1/2 inch floppy and I've never had any problems backing up (or
> restoring) data.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Hank Arnold (MVP)
>
> Don wrote:
>> 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 -
>>>>
>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>>
>>> 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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