DataFile Question - Upgrading To Q2005HB from 2001HB

Apr 18, 2005 1 Replies

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Two machines on a home network. A has 2001 version. Just installed 2005 on B. Before installing 2005, I made a copy (not Backup) with the 2001 version that WAS on B, renamed it for 2005, placed a copy on B then BACKED up that file to the zip drive connected to A. (The zip drive serves as the backup device for both machines A and B. I don't know if it's important but machine A runs WIN98SE and B runs Windows XP HE).

I have always been confused about the difference between a copy of a Quicken data file and a BACKUP of that same file. Any light shed would be appreciated.

My main question here is ... what do I do next to get that data file that was made in version 2001 into my 2005 version? Q1) Can I simply open Q2005HB and select the file that resides on B? Q2) Must I get that file through RESTORE? Q3) Something is supposed to convert 2001 to 2005 but I'm concerned if I choose COPY rather than RESTORE, something won't convert properly. Is this correct or will the conversion occur on either one?

If by "copy" you mean a Windows "copy", there is no difference. If you are asking about the difference between a Quicken "copy" and a Quicken "backup", there could be a difference. It is suggested that a Quicken "copy" will physically delete some

*logically* deleted material from your Quicken file ... which a Windows copy will not do.

A newer version of Quicken should "convert" any file from an older version of Quicken that it could otherwise convert; the manner in which the older version was created (original file, copy of original file, backup of original file) should not have any effect. I have never actually attempted to "restore" a file from an older version of Quicken into a newer version of Quicken ... mainly because it does not make sense to me to do this. But I do not see any reason why a newer version of Quicken could not "restore" a file from an older version of Quicken. I believe that to Quicken, there is nothing about the "backup" file that would tell Quicken that it was a *true* backup file, so I can not imagine that it matters one way or the other.

(If the Quicken "copy file" process can not handle a file from an older version of Quicken, I would expect the process to tell you this before it does anything ... but you can test that for yourself: just make a Windows "copy" [remembering that a Quicken file is really a "fileset" consisting of multiple "files"] of the copy, then try to use Quicken "copy" to "open it.)

DataFile Question - Upgrading To Q2005HB from 2001HB

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