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Transfer of Quicken 97 data to new computer with @+Q-2007 dampshop 09-25-2007
Posted by dampshop on September 26, 2007, 3:52 pm
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 P.S.

I remember that the old CD drive software had two different ways of
recording data. One was for a CD that was for "data to be used on this
computer" and the other was for "data to be read by any other
computer".

I suspect that Q97 used the "this computer" version. I'm searching for
additional info from HP and from Roxio-Adaptec, but haven't done very
well so far.

Frank Damp


Posted by dampshop on September 29, 2007, 11:01 pm
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 This looks like my last shot at getting some help, so I'll reiterate
my situation.

Adaptec, whoaw software the drive used, sold its CD line to Roxio and
they don't want to know. Intuiit doesn't provide support on anything
earlier than 2004 and I haven't heard from Hewlett-Packard, whose
drive hardware it was.

When I made back-ups to CD from Q97 Deluxe, I got positive evidence
that the disk drive was running. It would't record until the disk had
initialized and I couldn't eject the disk until it had finished. I
don't think it was kidding me by recording the back-up to somewhere on
the hard drive when it mad it very plain it was recording to CD.

When you went to create a CD on that particular CD system, it offered
a disk that "could be read on any CD drive" or one that contained
"data that can be read by this computer". The former made a CD that
could not be edited, on either the recording computer or another one,
even if it was a re-writable disk. I suspect that, since the Quicken
data could be written over the previous file, that the recording was
unique to the computer on which it was created.

Does anyone know if any of the Quicken versions between 97 deluxe and
07 would enable me to progressively update the data (provided I could
borrow copies of the various versions) and which of the older versions
between 97 and 07 are XP compatible?

I'm stuck with two XP Home Edition computers with no way to revert
back to 98SE. Son-in-law is trying to recover data from the 98SE box's
hard drive, which has not been written to after it was re-formatted.
I'm also trying to find someone with a 98 box in Northwest Washington
that I can install my Q97 program onto and hopefully read the back-up
disks. I'm sure that the QData files are on there, just not
recognizable by current hardware and software.


Frank Damp
Anacortes, WA


Posted by sharx35 on September 30, 2007, 3:19 am
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> This looks like my last shot at getting some help, so I'll reiterate
> my situation.
>
> Adaptec, whoaw software the drive used, sold its CD line to Roxio and
> they don't want to know. Intuiit doesn't provide support on anything
> earlier than 2004 and I haven't heard from Hewlett-Packard, whose
> drive hardware it was.
>
> When I made back-ups to CD from Q97 Deluxe, I got positive evidence
> that the disk drive was running. It would't record until the disk had
> initialized and I couldn't eject the disk until it had finished. I
> don't think it was kidding me by recording the back-up to somewhere on
> the hard drive when it mad it very plain it was recording to CD.
>
> When you went to create a CD on that particular CD system, it offered
> a disk that "could be read on any CD drive" or one that contained
> "data that can be read by this computer". The former made a CD that
> could not be edited, on either the recording computer or another one,
> even if it was a re-writable disk. I suspect that, since the Quicken
> data could be written over the previous file, that the recording was
> unique to the computer on which it was created.
>
> Does anyone know if any of the Quicken versions between 97 deluxe and
> 07 would enable me to progressively update the data (provided I could
> borrow copies of the various versions) and which of the older versions
> between 97 and 07 are XP compatible?
>
> I'm stuck with two XP Home Edition computers with no way to revert
> back to 98SE. Son-in-law is trying to recover data from the 98SE box's
> hard drive, which has not been written to after it was re-formatted.
> I'm also trying to find someone with a 98 box in Northwest Washington
> that I can install my Q97 program onto and hopefully read the back-up
> disks. I'm sure that the QData files are on there, just not
> recognizable by current hardware and software.
>
>
> Frank Damp
> Anacortes, WA
>

You do NOT need a 98 box to re-install your Q97. Under XP, I am able to install
old Quicken software.




Posted by JimH on September 30, 2007, 11:34 am
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Frank,

It is possible that the CD's were recorded with multiple sessions. I
seem to remember accidentally creating a disk like that by selecting the
option that you described to make it readable anywhere.

In that case, the files are in a session that is not visible to the
software you are using. Here is a URL to a web page that explains how to
recover data from such a CD. The software they suggest is ISOBuster.

http://www.infopackets.com/channels/en/windows/gazette/2005/20051019_recover_data_from_multisession_cd_or_dvd.htm

There is also unformat software available for your hard drive. Just do a
google search on "unformat hard drive". You will find plenty of software
available.

Good luck.

Posted by Han on September 30, 2007, 6:18 pm
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> Frank,
>
> It is possible that the CD's were recorded with multiple sessions. I
> seem to remember accidentally creating a disk like that by selecting
> the option that you described to make it readable anywhere.
>
> In that case, the files are in a session that is not visible to the
> software you are using. Here is a URL to a web page that explains how
> to recover data from such a CD. The software they suggest is
> ISOBuster.

I have used Isobuster with good results (to recover what appeared to be
lost files on a CD).


> http://www.infopackets.com/channels/en/windows/gazette/2005/20051019_re
> cover_data_from_multisession_cd_or_dvd.htm
>
> There is also unformat software available for your hard drive. Just do
> a google search on "unformat hard drive". You will find plenty of
> software available.
>
> Good luck.
>

--
Best regards
Han
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