Quicken 99 transfer from Windows 2000 to Windows XP Pro

Are you sure you backed up all the files you need? The recommended way is to back up the database using the Quicken built-in function, moving those files to the new computer and restoring the database.

Did you run validate before or after you migrated? No error messages when the data was upgraded?

"Hank Arnold (MVP)" wrote in news:4886f682$0$7332 $ snipped-for-privacy@cv.net:

Also, after re-installing Quicken on the new machine, did you update to the latest version of Q99? I seem to remember that during some of the version upgrades, the file system was altered in one year or another. Those in-year upgades you must have done with your old install of Q99, but did you also with he new install?

[snip] @Han: I haven't performed any updates on my new Q99 Deluxe install. I too recall that there may have been an update. Would you know where I could get the update?

Thanks.

Mayur Khatri

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mckhatri wrote in news:a878a017-2fe3-498f-ac1f- snipped-for-privacy@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

Oly thought I have is to start anew with the conversion. On the old machine make sure you have a fully validated data set, preferably supervalidated. Make sure the whole set of files is copied to the new computer and is not write-protected, as it might be when transferred via a CD-R.

Be careful with "Super Validate". It can cause real damage. Be sure to do it on a copy.

I would first Validate a copy of the old dataset (on the old machine). Move those files to the new machine. If that db won't work, then go for super validate.

"Hank Arnold (MVP)" wrote in news:488845c0$0$20902$ snipped-for-privacy@cv.net:

Hank is right, and working on a copy is an of course. Backups and copies are your friends.

Question is, if the old computer is still available (hopefully!) does the copy of Q99 there still work on that file set. If so, then either the copied fileset has corruption that was NOT in the original, or the new installation of Quicken is kaput. A total and thorough uninstallation and cleanup is then necessary (no small job, with all the Intuit and Quicken registry entries), followed by a fresh reinstallation.

Hi, Mayur.

I might have missed it in this long thread, but you ARE working with the full Quicken data fileSET, aren't you? That is, not just the .qdf file, but also all the related files with extensions like .qel, .qtx and some others. The exact set varies with the Quicken version (1999 v. 2008; Basic v. Premium). It also varies with how YOU use Quicken; some users will have a .qel file, some won't.

When we use command within Quicken (like Backup, Copy, etc.), it automatically deals with the full set as what Intuit (but nobody else) refers to in the singular as "a file". But when we are outside Quicken and use other Windows (or MS-DOS or other operating systems), then we must remember to include the whole set. We can't just "Copy QDATA.qdf", but must "Copy QDATA.*", to get all the related files with all the extensions.

As a long-time Quicken user, you probably know all this, but I just wanted to be sure it got said explicitly.

And don't forget Y2K! Remember the world-wide panic with the impending doom from rolling over from 1999 to 2000? Is it possible that your Q99 files have not been properly converted to 21st Century dates? Could this "time warp" be affecting your efforts to bring the pre-2000 data files into post-1999 Quicken?

RC

innews:488845c0$0$20902$ snipped-for-privacy@cv.net:

I believe that someone has already mentioned this but are you sure the files are not "read only"? Hank

@Hank: I have ensured that the files are not 'read-only' when trying to restore my backups.

@all:

One thing that is really bothering me is the fact that I can restore the backups that were automatically generated by Quicken (I have 5 sets of these, each set which contains QDF, QEL, QPH, QSD, QTX, HCX files) but can't open the restored file. When attempting to do so, Quicken validates the files, but then spits out a "Can't open file" error when trying to open the 'restored' file.

I'm really getting frustrated at this system and may very well just end up starting from scratch...I really hope this thing just starts working one day...

Cheers,

Mayur Khatri

mckhatri wrote in news:08cc4074-b293-4105-b92f- snipped-for-privacy@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:

Here you have to define what you mean with "restore" and "open". It still sounds as if there is subtle corruption in the files.

If you are working with Q99 I think it should still be possible to export and import QIF files for all accounts. Maybe a systematic approach of a few accounts at a time would work, or at least pinpoint where the problem is. But, good luck! I think you'll need it.

You need to take a good look at what data you need to preserve from the old system, and which you can do without. For instance, the basis of stock or home purchases or such would be necessary to determine for future sales, but the number of times you visited McDonalds might not be necessary.