After at least two decades of using Quicken, I remain confused about the distinction between COPY and BACKUP (BU). It was never an issue until I recently began using the Vista machine I hate instead of my Windows XP machine. When the XP developed a problem a few months ago, I placed a BU copy of my Q2008HB data file on the Vista machine then simply turned the Vista's Q2008HB program to the BU data file and loaded it; no RESTORE. In fact, I've never used RESTORE.
I noticed no difference and everything seemed to come through with the right balances and all functions appeared to work properly. The Vista machine is a 64 bit machine; the XP is not. There's a Western Digital World Book Edition II on this network backing up the files of both of these machines. That's another thing I need to figure out 'cause I sure don't know how to get a file off there either.... properly.
I now want to switch back to the XP machine. Can I just find my most recent data BACKUP on the Vista machine and turn my XP copy of the program to the location and load it?