I just bought a new computer with the current Money pre-installed. How do I transfer my data from the old version/old machine?
A7): Go find your Money data file and copy it to the new machine. Your file will be named *.mny, so if you do not know where it is, you can search for it. Likewise, going into File|Open should enable you to see where the current file is located. The best ways to move the file are to burn a CD, use something like a network or laplink, or use some diskette copy or backup/restore routine that can span multiple diskettes. Second best is to use the Money backup to floppy capability to backup on the old version/old machine and restore on the new version/new machine. BUT BE SURE NOT TO TRASH THE OLD COPY ‘TIL YOU HAVE THE NEW COPY RUNNING! Sometimes data errors and so forth occur–you’d be surprised how many people get here when their ONLY backup copy is trashed and want to know how to recover. When you first open the data file from the old version, Money will rename your existing file and create a new file from the data in the old one except upgraded to the current file format. When you star
Go find your Money data file and copy it to the new machine. Your file will be named *.mny, so if you do not know where it is, you can search for it. Likewise, going into File|Open should enable you to see where the current file is located. The best ways to move the file are to burn a CD, use something like a network or laplink, use some diskette copy or backup/restore routine that can span multiple diskettes, or consider this an excuse to buy one of those neato new USB memory keys. Second best is to use the Money backup to floppy capability to backup on the old version/old machine and restore on the new version/new machine. BUT BE SURE NOT TO TRASH THE OLD COPY ‘TIL YOU HAVE THE NEW COPY RUNNING! Sometimes data errors and so forth occur–you’d be surprised how many people get here when their ONLY backup copy is trashed and want to know how to recover. When you first open the data file from the old version, Money will rename your existing file and create a new file from the data in the
