I started out with Quicken, then updated to QB PRO 99. That ran fine for years. I was backing up files every month on 3" disc. Recently my computer crashed and I lost everything. Bought a new computer and loaded PRO 99. I opened a 'new company" and tried to "restore" the data files. I keep getting an error that says : Data from a newer version, cannot use" What gives? Thanks
Just out of curiosity, did you try to Google for a response? This topic has been covered a more than a couple of times in the past.
What gives is that QuickBooks will download updates and install them. Which sometime can modify program files and the data file. When you reinstall you are starting with a fresh copy without any of the updates, hence the "Data is from a newer version: message"
Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to locate and download the updates for QB99 (a version that has stopped being supported for some time). Good luck
Gary
"Chief McGee"
I'll assume you're using the U.S. version. You need to update your QB Pro 99 installation to the latest patch, which is r4. You can get it from the following FTP location.
ftp://ftp.quicken.com/pub/quickbooks/99/r4/qbcdpro.exe
Klunk, tried this link. Discovered I have Quickbooks99. not PRO version. Is there another link? Thanks
Honest, Google is very quick, try this
That did it. Got all my data back. Thanks to all
I had a link to the 99 support archves. It looks like they have removed all of them. QB 2000 is the oldest version they have in the archives.
As Gary E mentioned, google brings up the old stuff that isn't listed directly on the QB site anymore. A search on "quickbooks 99 update" brings up a direct link to the page
http://206.154.102.8/support/archive/index/ndxw_7_updates.html which currently RDNS's to:
Also, the FTP url I posted earlier can be edited to get just about any patch -- as long as you guess the name right: ftp://ftp.quicken.com/pub/quickbooks/99/r4/qbcdpro.exe ftp://ftp.quicken.com/pub/quickbooks/2000/r8/qbcdpro.exe ftp://ftp.quicken.com/pub/quickbooks/2001/r6/qbcdpro.exe etc...
Unfortunately, that FTP server is set to not display directory and file information so it is not browseable with an FTP client.
I keep an archive of every patch released for my own use. You never know when you'll need to roll back a new patch, or get an older install up and running again for someone.
"Laura"
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