Amongst several forms of backup, I occasionally also back up to a CD-RW. I tried the first backup to it with Q2010, and it says it cannot write to it. I can manually create a backup somewhere else and copy the file to the CD-RW. With Q2007, it would sometimes bing when I said to save, but did copy the files.
Anybody else have this issue?
It also looks like they removed the ability to split a backup. My last- resort backup is to floppies, and it won't back up the file because there is not enough room, even on an empty disk.
I have been backing up to CD-RW or DVD for years. At some update in Q2007, they broke it. I eventually re-installed Quicken without the updates, and that worked until I moved to Q2009. Then, CD / DVD backup never worked for me again.
Since then, I've used "Karen's Replicator". It is a free, easy to use backup program. The way I use it is to create a new directory on the DVD with the date as part of the directory name. Then, it copies the Quicken data files into that new directory. The setup was very easy, and the operation is quick and reliable. I use it manually after the last updates of the day in Quicken. It can also be set up to do the backup automatically at a specific date/time.
While this isn't as easy as just backing up from within Quicken, it also adds the capability to backup other frequently used data. It acts as a nice safety net in between complete system backups that I perform several times a year.
Hope this helps.
-- Jim
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