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Old 07-05-2003, 02:40 PM
Dick Watson
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I hope it's an .MBF file, not a .BMF file.

It's entirely possible it **is** corrupt. If it's your only way to get at
the data, I'll bet text time you'll have multiple backups in multiple forms.

"dennis" <dlyblood[at]earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I originally posted this message 7/4 and got a response,
> but I have tried the suggested fix every way I can think
> of and it doesn't work....the back-up from money 2000 is a
> bmf file and regardless of where I try to restore it from
> or open it in WE....after an attemnt I get the "file is
> corrupt or it is not a mny file" error message. There
> have been several questions regarding this problem, seems
> like someone should have an answer...needless to say I
> really need this data! Dennis


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Old 07-05-2003, 01:37 PM
dennis
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Default restore back-up

I originally posted this message 7/4 and got a response,
but I have tried the suggested fix every way I can think
of and it doesn't work....the back-up from money 2000 is a
bmf file and regardless of where I try to restore it from
or open it in WE....after an attemnt I get the "file is
corrupt or it is not a mny file" error message. There
have been several questions regarding this problem, seems
like someone should have an answer...needless to say I
really need this data! Dennis


ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
I backed-up my files from MS money 2000/windows 98 and
- quote -

> installed money 2003/windows XP. When I try to restore
the
> back-up date into money 2003. I get "file is corrupted
> or is not a .mny file" it is not a .mny file, it is
> an .mbf file. I can't restore this data and have no
other
> copies. I have tried the repair utilities in the program
> and the MS money web site. Any ideas??

I would copy each file from the backup floppies to the same
directory/folder. This will give you an extra backup and
will
separate any problems of reading the floppy media from
some other
potential problem. This is not the common way, and it is
not
usually necessary. But especially if it is my only
backup, I would
consider the copy to hard disk step.


The files will be named *d1.mbf, *d2.mbf, *d3.mbf and so
on.

In WE, double click the *d1.mbf file. That should launch
Money and
start the restore. When Money prompts for the next
diskette, click
OK.

If you are restoring directly from floppy diskette, you
can insert
the first floppy and double click the *d1.mbf file. Change
diskettes when prompted.

You will have a chance to change the location or filename
for where
the restored data will go. If this is a different
computer, it is
especially good to browse to a location. The old location
may not
even exist.


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