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Posted by John Talbot on December 5, 2006, 12:54 am
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>Hi, John.
>
>DP's solution should have worked. But you know that, I'm sure. So we'll
>have to dig deeper.
>
>> I think Quicken 2004 came out before the
>> NTFS file system as the norm. The flash drive is, of course,
>> configured with FAT32, Is it possible this may be a factor. (I
>> can't see it myself, but I'm scraping the barrel/)
>
>No, Quicken doesn't care (or even know) whether the data storage space is
>NTFS or FAT. And NTFS was the default file system in Windows 2000, over 3
>years before Q2004 appeared. Only small (by today's standards) devices
>still typically use FATx.
I rather thought that to be the case, but was clutching at straws.
>
>My suggestion would be to boot into Q2004, then click File | Open and browse
>to your J: drive and click on the *.qdf file. Then <Ctrl>+B and, for the
>destination, Browse to the folder you want on your HDD. After you get the
>confirmation that Backup was successful, Exit Quicken. Then, in Windows
>Explorer, browse to that folder on your HDD and click on the *.qdf file.
>That should start Quicken with your fileset loaded. Then you can <Ctrl.>+B
>and Backup from there to your choice of new Backup location. You can Backup
>to J: again after you are sure that you have a dependable working copy on
>your HDD
I hadn't tried to start by clicking on the backed-up (or
straight-copied) *.qdf file. Rather, I had opened Quicken and then
navigated via File | Open or File | Restore Backup File to one of
the many copies of that file that I'd created by copying or backing
up. None of them would open or restore, irrespective of their
method of creation.
>
>If that doesn't work, please include your step-by-step procedures in your
>next post. Especially, tell us which Quicken steps you are using - or which
>other methods you are using to copy your files (Windows Explorer? Command
>Prompt window with Copy? Or Xcopy? Or something else/) You ARE moving ALL
>the related files, right? (.qtx, .qel, etc., in addition to .qdf) I THINK
>I know what you did, but I may be missing the critical clue.
>
>RC
Thanks for those cogent and cluey suggestions.
I rely on dragging and dropping to move or copy files. I hadn't
thought that the Command Prompt or XCopy methods would offer any
advantage.
Yes, a long time ago I sweated through the whole of Windows looking
for Intuit-related files and made careful note of their names and
precise locations. It's of course an 'elluva bind to seek them out
and copy them across in practice, but in the past I've done it with
reasonable success: last time (a year or more ago) the only things
missing were the icons on the horizontal menu bar, but inserting the
CD and running a reinstall fixed them.
My current situation is that I have deleted every vestige of Quicken
2004 that I could find from my new PC. I then tried installing
afresh from my Quicken 2004 Disc, but it won't accept that because
it can't find an earlier version present; ergo, my CD is an upgrade
version!
I suppose I could go back to my Quicken 2002 CD, try to install
that, then see if the 2004 disc would install, but I fear me that
the 2002 disc was itself an upgrade and I've long since thrown away
the floppies going back to the 1980s when I first began with the
program.
Therefore my current intention is to drag-and-drop the old PC's
Quicken 2004 folder (plus as many Intuit-related files as I can find
in Windows, Windows|System and Windows|System 32) across my LAN to
the new PC. I'll then use the CD to install anything still missing
by writing over-the-top; it should recognise the existing program
and thus not object to doing its job.
I'm most grateful for your interest and expertise in this area; the
mere fact that you posted at all improves my confidence and optimism
no end!
I'll let you know how I go!
JohnT
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