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Beginner quicken 06 chkbook maint questions

I have been using Quicken 2006 for the 1st time now for about 4 months with mostly successful results getting my banks statements and credit cards logged in. I think though I am being overly redundant in my paperwork.

  1. Should I keep a duplicate record of my checking account register that is written in like the one that is typed into Quicken? What is the best way to handle this since this is where I spend the most time? Should I just leave my register blank and entering new balances, or just checks used,or...... Most of my transactions are done with ATM and online banking which automatically carry over into Quicken. At most I write about 6 checks a month. Any techniques on how you do the basics/recordkeeping to keep time to a minimum on it would be appreciated. Thanks Grey-hound Tampa, FL
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Grey-hound
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Redundancy, Redundancy, Redundancy.

(i.e., what will/would you do if your hard drive crashed, and took ALL of your data with it. How would you re-build everything).

db

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danbrown

By having a system where you have backups of your Quicken data in either physically different media (2nd harddrive?) or removeable media (Burns CDs regularly), and also print out your transaction registers if you feel you want to save hardcopies (I typically do that everytime I reconcile on a monthly basis with the bank statements).

I don't think keeping a parallel paper log like I believe what the OP was asking about is the way to go if you implement a backup system with adequate hardcopy printouts. What's the point of doing this electronically if you're keeping two sets of books, one in Q and the other your old hardcopy checkbook??

(danbrown - I am not 100% sure you understood the OP's original question, or I didn't!)

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Andrew

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Grey-hound

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