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Posted by Jay M Apple on December 23, 2006, 10:07 am
Please log in for more thread options Flipping Paranoia switch ON....
Personal preference - no doubt influenced by having data security drummed
into me over decades in information systems - is to keep (at least) three
sets of backups (grandfather, father, son) ...
1. Rotating generations every backup period (my preference is weekly, and
rotating because if you backup to the same disk every time something can
happen to the backup disk AND the PC during a backup session)
2. Besides what is in the computer (the PC disk[s] can crash)
3. Physically away from the computer (I use a safe at the other end of the
house as the computer location may experience a fire or other disaster)
4. #3 above preferably at another site altogether (I used to use a bank
safety deposit box, same reason as in #3 above, expanded)
I know this may be considered extreme in a SOHO environment, but as the
saying goes, the pain of recovery is inversely proportional to the frequency
of backups - the lesser the frequency, the higher the pain.
Flipping Paranoia switch OFF
Jay
> Hi, Phil.
>
> By default (unless you choose otherwise), Quicken keeps its current
> up-to-the-minute data fileset (.qdf, plus .qph, .qtx, etc., depending on
how
> YOU use Quicken) in the same folder with its executable files: C:Program
> Files QuickenW.
>
> It also keeps weekly backups of your whole data fileset in a subfolder
that
> it always names BACKUP: C:Program FilesQuickenWBACKUP. By default, it
> will keep 5 sets, with the newest named QDATA1.* and the oldest QDATA5.*,
> incrementing the digit each week until it deletes the *5 set after the 6th
> week, and writing the newest set to QDATA1.*.
>
> In addition, of course, you should make "manual" backups to one or more
> locations of your choice, including at least "milestone" backups to
> removable media that you can store separately from the computer in case of
> fire or other disaster. To make these backups, just click File | Backup,
or
> press <Ctrl>+B, or click the Backup button on the Tool Bar. If you
forget,
> Quicken will remind you to do this after every 3 (by default) times that
you
> exit Quicken.
>
> Thus, you should always have at least 3 copies of your full fileset: the
> current set in QuickenW; the most recent weekly backup in QuickenWBACKUP;
> and your latest manual backup wherever you put it.
>
> If you use Quicken's tools to backup or copy your data, it will
> automatically include all the files in your fileset. If you use Windows
> Explorer or other non-Quicken tool, you must be sure to include ALL the
data
> files, not just the .qdf file.
>
> RC
> --
> 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)
>
> > Something happened where the Qdata files that Quicken uses had no QPH
file
> > so all my price history was gone I was able to retrieve it from a backup
> > of a few days ago.
> >
> > I am trying to find the data files that Quicken uses. Anyone know
where
> > Quicken stores the files after being used and updated?
> >
> > Any help appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> > Phil B.
>
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