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Backup Files Fail to restore on new system

I had Quicken 2000 installed on a E-Machines computer running WinXP SP2. The motherrboard died, so I purchased a new lap-top (hp pavilion) also running WinXP SP2.

I re-installed Quicken and attempted to restore my Quicken file from my backups. I kept my backups on two sets of three floppies (I would switch between the two sets each week).

The most recent set fails to import at all (fails with "could not open file" error).

The previous set restores, but the last 2 years appear to be corrupted and unusable.

Is there any way to repair either of the backups or locate and fix the data corruption? I have had some experience in reading and modifying coded files and have tools to read and modify the coded file, if I could have some information on the layout format of the Quicken Files.

Thanks in Advance

Eric Crosby eric snipped-for-privacy@oci.com

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eric_crosby
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Hope you find a fix. This does tell me that one should probably NOT count on the Q method of backing up or restore. Will the Q company (whoever they are today) be of any realistic help in this context? joe

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joe

What does that mean? Quicken has always been produced by Intuit.

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DP

I can't help you on the file layout, but you could investigate buying an external enclosure for the harddrive on the E-Machine and then attaching the external enclosure to your laptop to transfer the files that way. Also invest in two USB Flash drives. They are cheap and really great for backups. Floppies are so 20th Century!

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MikeB

I wouldn't be too quick to blame Quicken on this. At work, we have db files that are exported to floppies, and hand delivered to users that work out in the oil fields to put on their laptops. It's not unusual for these files to get corrupted, with the same error as the OP has. Users have even exported the files, walked across the room to another computer, and no longer able to access those files... Those floppies nowadays are very cheap. And I would guess very cheaply made. As another poster suggested, invest in a USB thumb drive.

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O Cachorro

Hi, Eric.

Did the dying mobo kill the HD, too? If not, then simply remove the HD from the old computer and hook it up (temporarily?) to the new computer. Then start Quicken on the new computer, click File | Open and browse to the Quicken folder on the old HD. Once your file is open in the new Quicken, just use Backup to put it where you want it on the new HD.

Then you can reformat the old HD and have more storage space. ;I had Quicken 2000 installed on a E-Machines computer running WinXP

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R. C. White

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