Thanks Dick. Bye Cal.

"Dick Watson" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Bob wrote:

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You thought they did not understand.

Now you say you think I did not understand. Is that you being
sarcastic?

Bob, Dick, thank you for your help. Cal, I did not need the sarcasm. I just
thought I was not explaining the question clearly enough. Sorry if you did
not understand.

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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I think you explained it right and we all know what your issue is. It's a
change they made in M05 for reasons unknown to us.

"Bob" <Bob[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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In microsoft.public.money, Bob wrote:

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Perhaps you would prefer a simple "no" as opposed to people trying
to help you best accomplish backing up to floppy with Money 2005.

You also could use a USB flash drive that holds over twice as much
as a backup file requires, but I guess that does not address your
question either.


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Maybe I explained it wrong. Once I save a back up on a floppy I would like to
back it up again the next time I open and close money without having to
format or erase the previous file on the disk. In other words I would like
the new file to overwrite the old one. I did this all of the time in Money
2004.

"Bob" wrote:

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His point is to have several sets of floppies. Of course, this does not
avoid the problem as you will still, sooner or later, have to delete the
files on the floppies before using them to do a backup, unless you never
reuse them. I think Bob was trying to suggest a way where you ALWAYS had a
good backup, even in the midst of doing another. This is a VERY IMPORTANT
recommendation. In addition, you should have backups on different media and
stored in different locations. You should also test your backups to assure
they are. Finally, make copies of the .MNY files where possible as the Money
backups occasionally can't be restored even if the original file can be
opened.

"Scott" <scotty[at]hausdave.yi.org> wrote in message
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On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:46:42 -0000, Bob Peel, MVP wrote:

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what does this mean?

Not within Money. You need to format the floppy first. However I suggest you
don't format the floppy with the current backup but rather cycle around.

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Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

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"Bob" <Bob[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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In 2004 I couls backup to a floppy each time and the new file would overwrite
the old file. In 2005 this does not happen. It keeps the old file and writes
a new on asking for another disk. Is there any way I can fix this so it will
backup like 2004? Any help appreciated.