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Unable to convert Q2000 data to Q2009

Dear all,

I have been scanning through the posts, but didn?t find anyone with the same issue as I am experiencing. If anyone can help, it is really appreciated.

Background: I have used Quicken 2000 with Windows XP (32 bit) system for years and without any troubles. No real reason or need to upgrade to a higher version of Quicken until now.

My PC with XP died. Went out and bought a new PC with Vista (64 bit). Found out quickly that Q2000 would not install. What a great time to upgrade Quicken, went out and got Quicken 2009. Installed Quicken 2009 ? all is fine.

My troubles started when trying to upgrade the quicken data from 2000 to

2009 ? Impossible. Tried exporting data from Quicken 2000 and importing it into Quicken 2009 ? what a mess, the data is completely corrupted. Tried exporting / importing account after account ? no luck there neither.

Went to Quicken for help: On their web site, and found that certain data features from older quicken versions to today?s Quicken are not supported.

Can anyone help me to have Quicken 2009 accepting my Quicken 2000 data.

I hope to have given enough information, if not please do not hesitate to ask.

With regards, Lost Data

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photorx
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james.roth_at_neuf_dot snipped-for-privacy@foo.com (photorx) wrote in news:1a233$4b33295e$43de0cc0$ snipped-for-privacy@news.flashnewsgroups.com:

As far as I know the only thing to do is make sure all files of your old data set (qdf, qel, qph, whatever) are /COPIED/ (you have backup copies, right?) I repeat copied to the folder where your Q installation expects the final files to be. Then double click on the qdf file. Quicken should launch and offer to convert the data.

I think.

If this doesn't work, you might need to first get a copy of an older version of Q, e.g. Q2004 or Q2005. But look at Quicken's website for help ...

Reply to
Han

You suggesting that I, too, might have grief when I ditch my Q2002 and upgrade? I was hoping to delay that for another year or so when SP1 for the new Windows O/S is released.

Reply to
Sharx35

I've heard before that if more than 3 or 4 years have passed Intuit doesn't support them anymore. What people usually do in cases of older versions is to update to an older copy of Quicken as an intermediate stepping stone to the current version. Like in your case get a copy of Q2005, convert your data file to that version, then get Q2009 or Q2010 and then convert to that.

Reply to
Tim Conway

Thanks for that info. You burning the midnight oil?

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Reply to
Sharx35

Nah, just happened to be awake. I'm awake and sleep in bursts thoughout the day/night. :-)

Reply to
Tim Conway

There are two meaningful aspects to Intuit's sunset policy for Quicken: no more downloads, and no more technical support.

But not being able to convert from an old version to a new version isn't part of the policy.

You're right that sometimes an intermediate version is required to make the conversion; most likely, I think, because it is cheaper for Intuit to do it that way than to embed the conversion of very old versions in each new version ... not because the old version has been sunsetted.

It's my understanding that when an intermediate version of Quicken is required for a conversion, Intuit makes it available for free. Intuit calls them "trial" versions (I suspect they are will only work for a short time) and they can be downloaded from Intuit. [Interestingly; Q2000 is one of the "intermediate" versions of Quicken, used to convert some versions older than Q2000 to some versions newer than Q2000.]

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I think Han had it right. It sounded to me like the op didn't realize that that the basic way to "convert" old version data to data for a newer version is to have the new version "open" the old version data. While it is possible to accomplish a conversion (of sorts) using QIF file export/import; it is considerably more difficult.

I converted a Q2000 fileset to Q2009 and had no problem. No intermediate Quicken version was required.

Reply to
John Pollard

Sounds good. Thanks for the info.

Reply to
Tim Conway

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