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from QD 2006 to QD 2008 Jeff 03-03-2008
Posted by Jeff on March 3, 2008, 12:21 pm
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 Any special precautions or warnings when upgrading from QD 2006 that
contains a lot of data to QD 2008?

Any chance of data mess-ups?

Thanks

Jeff



Posted by R. C. White on March 3, 2008, 1:22 pm
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 Hi, Jeff.

There's always the chance of power failure or other glitch right in the
middle of the upgrade, so be sure your data is backed up. Other than that
kind of contingency, though, the upgrade should be very smooth - unless
there's something you haven't told us about your computer.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Currently running Quicken 2008 Deluxe in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

> Any special precautions or warnings when upgrading from QD 2006 that
> contains a lot of data to QD 2008?
>
> Any chance of data mess-ups?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jeff


Posted by Ken Blake on March 3, 2008, 6:19 pm
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> Any special precautions or warnings when upgrading from QD 2006 that
> contains a lot of data to QD 2008?
>
> Any chance of data mess-ups?


There is *always* a chance of "data mess-ups" when computers are
involved, even if you don't do an upgrade. That's why you should
always be sure all your important data is backed up.

That goes double for your financial data in Quicken.

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Ken Blake
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Posted by Hank Arnold (MVP) on March 4, 2008, 4:50 am
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Jeff wrote:
> Any special precautions or warnings when upgrading from QD 2006 that
> contains a lot of data to QD 2008?
>
> Any chance of data mess-ups?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jeff
>
>

1) Make sure you back up the data in a safe place
2) Make a copy of the database
3) Run several reports and print them
3) Validate the database
5) If validate reports problems (and fixes them), re-run reports and
verify that data is still valid
4) Install Q08
5) Re-run the reports in #3 and verify data is unaffected.

When you install Q08, it will create *another* backup of the data. Once
all is done and successful, you should probably clean up things..

Validate is an important step. A lot of problems with upgrades occur
when there are problems with the database.

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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

Posted by Jeff on March 5, 2008, 1:37 pm
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Hank Arnold (MVP) wrote:
> Jeff wrote:
>> Any special precautions or warnings when upgrading from QD 2006 that
>> contains a lot of data to QD 2008?
>>
>> Any chance of data mess-ups?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>
> 1) Make sure you back up the data in a safe place
> 2) Make a copy of the database
> 3) Run several reports and print them
> 3) Validate the database
> 5) If validate reports problems (and fixes them), re-run reports and
> verify that data is still valid
> 4) Install Q08
> 5) Re-run the reports in #3 and verify data is unaffected.
>
> When you install Q08, it will create *another* backup of the data.
> Once all is done and successful, you should probably clean up things..
>
> Validate is an important step. A lot of problems with upgrades occur
> when there are problems with the database.

Thanks. I was also concerned that if 2008 had a radically different
interface, it might take some getting used to and finding things....

Jeff



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