Thank you. So far I have failed at browsing this drive from UNIX, though I will keep at it.
I like the idea of hooking it up to a Windows PC. Odd that that didn't occur to me. It is not the best thing for me to be doing at work, but I will certainly bring it in and give it a discreet try...
How about a friend or neighbor if you should not be doing this type of thing at the office?
"Laura" wrote in news:joNHj.54965$D snipped-for-privacy@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:
Or your local friendly computer store, such as Microcenter, or even our local library computer help.
Good stuff!
I got my QDATA files! The base one as well as QDATA1-QDATA5.QDF
When I started this (windows) computer (at work) with my drive hooked up, it did some lengthy scanning and repairing process. I'm thinking possibly I can pop it back in my old computer and it will boot up?
In the meantime I got greedy and tried running qw.exe and qhi.exe.
qw.exe looked like quicken was starting but it ultimately just hung there...
snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in news:11a4523e-730a-4519-a153- snipped-for-privacy@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com:
Qdata files (plural!!!!!!!!) are the latest incarnation of the data. Qdata1-5 are separate sets of automatic backups. Remember that you really need all the qdata files, qdf, qph etc for each set.
I would not bet on it, but it may be worthwhile trying. However, given what you say below ...
It looks like you are making progress. That's good news.
I would forget your old computer as well as the mac. Install quicken on another windows computer, copy the QDATA*.* files to that hard drive and try opening it. If that one fails, then RESTORE (not open) one of the backups (QDATA1....QDATA5) until you find one that is usable.
When I copy my quicken data files from one computer to another, I copy the entire Quicken folder including the BACKUP sub-folder. Then I open the data file on the new machine.
Wow, did not see that one coming.
I put the drive back in my PC -- and it boots up and Quicken opens!
At this point transferring the data "by hand" is a pleasure!
Not only that but it is some added bonus that I have a functional, albeit barely, Windows PC.
I cannot thank you all enough for your kindness and patience -- that turned out much much better than I ever would have anticipated!
THANKS!
snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in news:4b972c25-707d-4dd3-a010- snipped-for-privacy@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com:
No problem! Consider good backing up .
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