only backing up QFD file

Posted by Larry Waibel on July 29, 2009, 9:00 pm

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A couple of days ago there was a Quicken update for something. Since that
time I have noticed that when I do the Quicken backup, only the QFD file is
being copied to the 'dated' set name. Previously there were 5 files in each
set, even though the NPC file hadn't changed in years. Has anyone noticed
anything like this or is it just me? I'm using Quicken 2009 on Vista.

Posted by Andrew on July 30, 2009, 7:44 am

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Larry Waibel wrote:

> A couple of days ago there was a Quicken update for something. Since

> that time I have noticed that when I do the Quicken backup, only the

> QFD file is being copied to the 'dated' set name. Previously there

> were 5 files in each set, even though the NPC file hadn't changed in

> years. Has anyone noticed anything like this or is it just me? I'm

> using Quicken 2009 on Vista.

I hate to respond to these types of posts in the negative since it sometimes
brings on a rush of "not mes", but since I don't see any replies, I'll tell
you "not me". I did notice the same Q update two mornings ago, but so far,
in terms of the backups that I append the date stamp to, no change. I
verified this after reading your post and doing my usual morning financial
work.

Sorry. So far, at least in this NG, "just you".

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- Andrew

Posted by Larry Waibel on July 30, 2009, 9:00 pm

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> Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.financial.quicken

> Subject: Re: only backing up QFD file

> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:44:15 -0400

> Larry Waibel wrote:

> > A couple of days ago there was a Quicken update for something. Since

> > that time I have noticed that when I do the Quicken backup, only the

> > QFD file is being copied to the 'dated' set name. Previously there

> > were 5 files in each set, even though the NPC file hadn't changed in

> > years. Has anyone noticed anything like this or is it just me? I'm

> > using Quicken 2009 on Vista.

> I hate to respond to these types of posts in the negative since it sometimes

> brings on a rush of "not mes", but since I don't see any replies, I'll tell

> you "not me". I did notice the same Q update two mornings ago, but so far,

> in terms of the backups that I append the date stamp to, no change. I

> verified this after reading your post and doing my usual morning financial

> work.

> Sorry. So far, at least in this NG, "just you".

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> Regards -

> - Andrew

Okay, thanks for the reply. Not sure what to do next; I don't hold any hope
that Quicken support could help if it's not a common/known problem. I'll try
going back to non-date/time stamped backups and see if that works.

Posted by R. C. White on July 30, 2009, 10:49 am

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Hi, Larry.

Like Andrew, I can only say "Not me".

But I don't use the dated filename backup feature. It seems to me to invite
more confusion than it's worth, so long as I DO backup at least once a day,
and I have the 5 sets in the automatic BACKUP folder, with the latest set
always less than a week old. After any significant transaction in my
Register, I click Backup and accept the default location, which is
practically always the same as last time and hasn't changed in years. Once
a week (if I don't forget) I Xcopy my entire Quicken folder - including my
working fileset and the entire BACKUP subfolder - to a thumb drive, which I
store separately from the computer.

HOW do you do your daily backups? Step by step, including any filenames you
enter?

I did get the little update a couple of days ago. My Q2009D still says R 6,
so I don't know what was changed - probably just FI updates. It does seem
to take one fewer click to get my One Step Update actually started, but that
may be a false impression. Otherwise I don't perceive any change.

One small correction: I'm sure you meant QDF file, not QFD.

RC
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San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Using Quicken Deluxe 2009 and Windows Live Mail in Win7 x64)

> A couple of days ago there was a Quicken update for something. Since that

> time I have noticed that when I do the Quicken backup, only the QFD file

> is

> being copied to the 'dated' set name. Previously there were 5 files in

> each

> set, even though the NPC file hadn't changed in years. Has anyone noticed

> anything like this or is it just me? I'm using Quicken 2009 on Vista.

Posted by John Pollard on July 30, 2009, 1:28 pm

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Larry Waibel wrote:

> A couple of days ago there was a Quicken update for something. Since

> that time I have noticed that when I do the Quicken backup, only the

> QFD file is being copied to the 'dated' set name. Previously there

> were 5 files in each set, even though the NPC file hadn't changed in

> years. Has anyone noticed anything like this or is it just me? I'm

> using Quicken 2009 on Vista.

Just out of curiosity, what is the exact name of the Quicken data file you
are backing up?

And what is the full path name to your Quicken data file and your backup
file?

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John Pollard