Restore of 06 QBB files to newly installed 07 Quickbooks

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Did you try copying the qbb files to the hard drive? Is the qbb spanning multiple floppies or do you have multiple qbb files that you are trying to restore?

You may have to find someone with 2006 version of quickbooks (& a floppy drive) to see if they are able to work with the qbb files on disk.

This makes sense to me. There had to be a point in time where Intuit would stop supporting floppy disks.

Back up to a USB key drive and restore from it. Or e-mail the file from one machne to the other. I'm willing to bet that sometime in the future Intuit will stop supporting USB key drives.

Sure, when the technology is dead & buried for half a decade or more. It doesn't make sense (to me) to drop support for a technology they'd previously supported. Its not like they didn't know how to write the code for it. Sheesh. Next year I guess it'll be cds.

Priceless!

Tara,

Was that you jogging down the block with a 40 pound boom box on your shoulder I saw the other day? Time up upgrade.

Guess what, I've been using a USB key for more than half a decade.

So have alot of people. Just like alot of people have been using cds, online storage, dvds, portable plug-n-play drives, external hard drives and (horror!) diskettes as well.

Intuit may be known for forcing people to conform to their idea of what's appropriate but no one has to like or agree with the practice...except you of course.

True but when someone starts crying in my beer I get pissed. The prices for todays USB keys have come down so much there is no excuse for not having one or two or more.

Depends on the manufacturer but many haven't offered floppies in preconfigured models for several years. That doesn't mean the technology isn't still used or that you can't go to any office supply store and buy an external floppy drive.

The point is that Intuit previously allowed for use of floppy backups so its not like it would have been a huge problem to allow for it in

Its been several years since they were no longer standard issue. You can still purchase a USB 3 1/2 inch external drive for around 15.00 at many computer outlets.

You have no point. If an end user does not stay current then sooner or latter its going to bite them.

Well then keep your beer out of usenet, this is an alcohol-free zone, prescription meds ONLY.

Which doesn't account for preference, hardware capabilities or other people's budgets. They may be cheap by our standards but that doesn't mean we should dictate to everyone else.

I saw one for under $3 at a Staples checkout counter.

Can it handle a 2006 or 2007 company file? I've seen super-cheap 256kb and even 512kb usb drives but no QB company file, backup or portable file of mine could fit on one of them.

How big is your QB file? My USB stick holds 256MB not 256kb and many of the new ones hold a GIG or 2.

Sure I do, you just don't agree with it.

That may be reality but its still wrong, IMO. QB's target customer base are the very people who generally don't stay current on technology because they either can't afford to, they have zero technical savvy to even know they're not current and/or they are old-school and believe in using something until its totally unusable. Why penalize them?

One of my clients uses an accounting firm that still doesn't have email, only has QB 2005 (they actually ask me to lend them MY version cds) of which they use in demo mode and just wipe & reinstall, have no separate fax line and only recently bought an external cd-r drive.

Another private accountant I know uses a years'-old version of Sage on a 1999 model pc with a floppy drive...but then her software is on floppies too. She had no idea what the usb stick around my neck was until I told her.

Most of my clients can't be bothered to keep their OS current, run their AV or buy quality hardware. This is QB's customer base and it probably always will be. The accountants are businesses QB hopes to have as customers.

My error. I had kb on the brain and no, none of my files would fit on a KB stick :) However, on an MB stick they would. Some just barely when you factor in additional files but that's beside the point.

I consider myself some what knowledgable when it comes to QB and must admit that until the OP started this thread I did not know diskettes were not supported in version 2007. Naturally the first thing I did was try to backup to one to verify this fact.

The senior partner(s) are lost causes but their staff must be made up of individuals who can't find jobs anywhere else. They are all loosers.

Can you say looser.

Intuit wants anyone that can walk, crawl or slither on ther belly as customers.