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Posted by John Pollard on April 18, 2008, 8:17 am
Please log in for more thread options Andrew wrote:
> danbrown wrote:
>> Since all of the transaction data stored in Quicken is in a
>> single
>> file, frequently named QDATA.QDF, AND since you're missing
>> recent
>> data ... the implication is that after you re-installed Q you
>> either
>> restored from an OLD data file, or you in some other manner
>> opened an
>> OLD data file.
>>
>> Try restoring (NOT opening) from the zip drive. Try
>> restoring from
>> the second HD, etc.
>>
>> Keep looking, in the various places where you put the info,
>> for files
>> with a QDF extension ... all indications are that you've just
>> got the
>> wrong one.
>>
>> db
>
> Dan - I think that the OP needs to restore the complete
> fileset taken
> at the time of the backup, not just the .QDF file.
> Admittedly, some
> of the others in the same fileset (like the .qph's) might not
> be
> needed,
The QPH file is the price history file; if one has prices older
than 5 years, or prices for securities not downloadable via
Quicken quote downloads, then the price history can be fairly
important.
> but perhaps .idx is an important file (the index file).
> Depending on how they program Q, the index file might be
> critical and
> can't be rebuilt.
The index file is totally unnecessary; if not present, Quicken
rebuilds it.
> My point is that when the OP finds his latest .qdf file, he
> should
> consider copying over the entire fileset at the time he took
> his
> backups.
Basically, I agree.
But the QDF file contains the most important, and hardest to
reconstruct, data. If you were only going to have one file out
of the fileset, the QDF file is the one to have.
--
John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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