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| Thread ID: 62458 | 2005-10-08 07:19:00 | Transferring a program and its data to another computer | barryk (8612) | Press F1 |
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| 394481 | 2005-10-08 07:19:00 | What would be the best way to transfer my Quicken 6 program and my finance data from my old PC to my laptop? My laptop has USB ports and the desktop has 3.5 disk drives but its system is Windows 95 (the desktop has USB ports but I'd need to get a different OS to make the USB ports work). Maybe a null modem? I want to retire my old PC as it is now 8 years old. The big lumpy and heavy monitor is sitting waiting to be disposed of. Thanks in advance, Barry. |
barryk (8612) | ||
| 394482 | 2005-10-08 08:05:00 | You need to reinstall Quicken from the original disks (you can't "transfer" the program files, they have to be "installed" unless its an old DOS version) The data files may zip up to fit on a floppy? Other alternatives are DCC (Direct Cable Connect) using serial ports under Windows, using a serial data cable (or Laplink, a third party program). Slow but I would think the data files will be relatively small Looking on Google, Quicken 6 is only useable up to Windows 98. What OS are you using on the laptop? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 394483 | 2005-10-08 08:15:00 | or email the data files to your self and redownload them on your laptop | Prescott (11) | ||
| 394484 | 2005-10-08 09:54:00 | or email the data files to your self and redownload them on your laptop some quicken files are 10mb+ is this really a good idea? |
quarry (252) | ||
| 394485 | 2005-10-08 19:27:00 | Reinstall Quicken on the new PC. Either hook up a CDwriter and copy off you files that way or take it to someone who can put them on CD - the old HDD that is. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 394486 | 2005-10-08 21:08:00 | Easiest way is to new install Quicken onto your lappy and a quick call to Quicken to re-register your prog. Then on your old machine - BACKUP your files to floppy, and restore them onto you new machine - have done it several times, works a charm | Helplesss (272) | ||
| 394487 | 2005-10-09 00:19:00 | Then on your old machine - BACKUP your files to floppy, and restore them onto you new machine - have done it several times, works a charm He just said some of them are 10mb or more. 5 million floppies later..... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 394488 | 2005-10-09 00:24:00 | how big are they when zipped? save the hassle, send them to your self one night, and then download them to your lappy the other night. no need to buy gear.... if you have jetstream it will be even quicker... |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 394489 | 2005-10-09 09:41:00 | Where there is a will there is a way, bach it up to the hard disk, burn it to a CD etc, probably a good test to see how successful you backup system is, as well. With backup, you know you are getting all the data that quicken needs. | Helplesss (272) | ||
| 394490 | 2005-10-15 02:51:00 | Thanks for all your replies. The data fits onto one 1.44MB floppy. The laptop uses WinXP. I got the lappy this year - brand new from Dell. So it looks like I'll have to get a new version of Quicken? Spend of $80? I'm not sure if Quicken NZ are that helpful or not. Think that the data files can be sent to my own email and then downloaded onto my lappy. Another possibility is to copy the data files from the floppy onto a CD on a 3rd computer then put that on the lappy. |
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