deleting old quicken data

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"Fen" wrote in news:FfidnUjkJ5NUv5PQnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@neonova.net:

If you own a home or stock that goes back more than 10 years be sure to keep the records that determine basis.

I began using Quicken in 1991 and I have updated the software every year. My computer now contains about 20 years of backup data. I don't believe I need more than 10 years at the most. Are there any thoughts about how to discard, or save in another file, the unneeded programs and backup information?

Hi, Fen.

I've been using Quicken about as long as you - since 1990.

Programs? I've deleted each year's qw.exe and related program files at the time I've installed each newer version. My son and his wife are always glad to get my one-year-old hand-me-downs - or pass them on to Goodwill. ;

I would also go to the Quicken web site, download the last update and store it with the program CD and backup CDs.

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Regards, Hank Arnold Microsoft MVP W>

I ran my own company a while back, and I need to keep various things for quite some time due to tax laws. As a result I have an ISO containing a VMware install of XP with Quicken 2002 installed in it and my company's final data file there. That ISO is mirrored on three boxes, each on different continents, and each time there is a VMware upgrade I ensure I can still open the machine itself (then reseed the upgraded version). The most local backup resides in my house on a Drobo, so I have disk redundancy too. Essentially, if the backup goes it's because the zombie apocalypse has arrived and it's time to start breaking out the crowbars and cans of spam.

Paranoid? Mois...?

Cheers Ian