Backing up Quicken

[Paul Nelson]

When I backup Quicken it backs up to a Windows XP temporary CD burning
folder. I am unable to find out how to burn the backup to my CD-R disk. If
you can tell me I will be most appreciatrive.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Use your CD burning software to back up whatever files you want, in
whichever folders you want.

Note that you can also tell quicken where you want to store your data file &
backups - I think by default it puts it in the program files directory - if
you move the data file with Quicken closed, and put it in My
Documents\Quicken or whatever, then open Quicken, you can open the file next
time you open Quicken.

 

[John A]

You can't back up Quicken files directly from Quicken to CDRW using XP
native CD burning facility.

To back up to CDRW direct from Quicken you need Roxio Easy CD/Media
Creator V5 (updated) or higher, or Nero, or similar, installed.

To back up to CDR you also need the above software but you can't
backup directly from Quicken to CDR - you need to find all the 4 -6
data files that comprise your Quicken "file" and burn them when
Quicken is closed. These files are, by default, in your c:\program
files\quickenw folder.

Note that if you try to "Restore Backup file" direct from CDR it will
fail because Quicken requires Read-only attribute to be off. You need
to copy the files from CDR to your hard disk, then set the read-only
file attribures on all the files off.

John Allen

 

[Darrell]

External ZIP drives are now cheap. I use one to hold my Quicken backups.
My banking data is important enough to me that I keep 4 backups on my Zip
disk. A,B,C, & D. When I choose Backup, Quicken remembers the last place
and folder I backed up to and shows that. If it shows folder C, I change
that to D and backup. Etc. That way I always back up to the oldest
backup (which now becomes the newest backup). My ZIP drive is plugged into
a power strip that I keep unpowered until I actually want to use something
powered from that strip. That helps protect my backups.

If you want to save money you can get one of those little USB plug in pen
devices that hold about 32 MB of data. They're about the size of your
thumb. I bought one for a friend of mine as a gift to hold his Quicken
backups since he was having difficulty backing up to CDs. He thinks I
really gave him something great and I only spent about $15 for the plug in.
(if you have an older computer you might have to go online to download a
driver for the plug in. That's what I had to do for my friend.) Google
USB memory devices

FWIW, I also have an external 4.0 USB hard drive that I use to hold my hard
drive backups (DriveImage 7.0). That also benefits from being on a separate
normally unpowered drive to protect the data.