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Validate Jim 10-07-2007
|--> Re: Validate John B in CA10-07-2007
Posted by Jim on October 7, 2007, 12:15 pm
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 Hi,

Just for curiosity sake from the menu: File-->File Operations--
>Validate

How often do you execute Validate?

How often do you execute Supper Validate?

Thanks,
Jim


Posted by Bob Wang on October 7, 2007, 12:57 pm
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 Jim:

Every day before I copy my main Quicken file to the appropriate Day of the
Week folder.

I believe I got that folder procedure from John Pollard :-)

Bob

>>>
Hi,

Just for curiosity sake from the menu: File-->File Operations--
>Validate

How often do you execute Validate?

How often do you execute Supper Validate?

Thanks,
Jim



Posted by John B in CA on October 7, 2007, 2:04 pm
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Jim,

If you search the online help at https://quicken.custhelp.com/ for
"validate," you will get some useful information. One comment there of
interest: "Important: We recommend that you validate your Quicken data file
only if you're experiencing problems with your Quicken data and not as a
regular practice. If Quicken finds problems with the file, it may rebuild
it."

If you do validate your file, be careful to do so on a copy (or be sure you
have a good backup of your data files before running validate).

I've been using Quicken for Windows since 1991 and would confirm that
validate is only necessary if you are having specific problems. The safest
way to protect yourself is with a good backup routine. I have nine
folders -- bk1, bk2, etc. -- and I have Quicken set to remind me to backup
after every three uses. I rotate the folders with each successive backup.
In addition, Quicken makes its own backups (in another folder, not the ones
I use), so I'm in pretty good shape in case of problems. All of my backups
get copied to two hard drives, which adds to the sense of security.
(Off-site would be even better.) Over the years, I've had to revert to
backups once or twice, and I was sure glad I had them.

John



> Hi,
>
> Just for curiosity sake from the menu: File-->File Operations--
>>Validate
>
> How often do you execute Validate?
>
> How often do you execute Supper Validate?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>



Posted by bob on October 8, 2007, 2:23 am
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Jim wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just for curiosity sake from the menu: File-->File Operations--
>> Validate
>
> How often do you execute Validate?
>
> How often do you execute Supper Validate?

Since upgrading to Q2005, I've only Validated/SuperValidated
four times. Never had any errors. Older versions I had
a few corruptions.

Posted by Jim on October 11, 2007, 6:29 pm
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> Jim wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > Just for curiosity sake from the menu: File-->File Operations--
> >> Validate
>
> > How often do you execute Validate?
>
> > How often do you execute Supper Validate?
>
> Since upgrading to Q2005, I've only Validated/SuperValidated
> four times. Never had any errors. Older versions I had
> a few corruptions.

Doesn't look like very many Quicken users execute Validate.

Thanks,
Jim


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