backup to diskette error

#6 12-23-2005, 01:59 AM

In microsoft.public.money, Dr. Dimedrol wrote:

- quote -

> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:46:59 -0600, via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx(Cal
> Learner-- MVP) wrote:
> > > I am skeptical that you are using Money 2005. It sounds like you are
> > using Money 2006 only.
> Regardless of the version - IS there or is there NOT a solution to the
> original issue - Money to OVERWRITE the backup file on portable media
> (diskette, USB, ZIP disk etc)?
> And if you do not know - just say so - it is not a mortal sin to admit
> such things.

Money 2005 (Jake's version) will delete the older backup as long as
there was room to have the new and the old on the USB drive at the
same time. It deletes the older after the newer has been
successfully written, but it leaves a zero-length file hanging
around. So Jake won't fill up his Flash drive.

That is not the case for Money 2006 in the case of Flash drive; you
have to delete the older ones yourself eventually as the drive
fills. It's a bug that it will not trim the scheduled backups as it
will for the hard drive. But even with that, I like that a lot
better than the Money 2005 way because it saves multiple backup
versions with attention required every few months depending on Flash
drive size. I don't know what it does with a Zip.

What happens is dependent on version.

#5 12-23-2005, 01:43 AM

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:46:59 -0600, via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx(Cal
Learner-- MVP) wrote:

- quote -

> I am skeptical that you are using Money 2005. It sounds like you are
> using Money 2006 only.

Regardless of the version - IS there or is there NOT a solution to the
original issue - Money to OVERWRITE the backup file on portable media
(diskette, USB, ZIP disk etc)?

And if you do not know - just say so - it is not a mortal sin to admit
such things.

#4 12-22-2005, 02:46 AM

In microsoft.public.money, Dr. Dimedrol wrote:

- quote -

> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:28:34 -0600, via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx(Cal
> Learner-- MVP) wrote:
> > In microsoft.public.money, Dr. Dimedrol wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:17:49 -0500, via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx(Cal
> > > Learner-- MVP) wrote:
> > > > > > In microsoft.public.money, Jake wrote:
> > > > > > > > When I backup to a diskette using Money 2005 I have to remove the file
> > > > > from the previous backup from the diskette. If I do not then Money
> > > > > complains there is not enough space on the disk. Previous versions of
> > > > > Money would over write the old file. Any ideas on how to correct this
> > > > > annoying behavior would be greatly appreciated.
> > > > > > > The best solution would be to use a USB drive instead of a floppy.
> > > > Have more than enough space for two backups, and things should work
> > > > nicely. They are also more reliable than floppies.
> > > > > Yes - but this does not address the issue of MS Money OVERWRITING old
> > > file. And USB drives also have finite capacity - at some point one
> > > starts running out of room there too.
> > > It doesn't?
> > > You are using Money 2005 and the backup to a USB drive does not
> > delete the older scheduled backup to "floppy"? You get a series of
> > big .mbf files on that USB drive?
> yes - and they all include dtaes in the name.... BTW, same issue with
> Money 2006

I am skeptical that you are using Money 2005. It sounds like you are
using Money 2006 only.

#3 12-22-2005, 02:28 AM

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:28:34 -0600, via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx(Cal
Learner-- MVP) wrote:

- quote -

> In microsoft.public.money, Dr. Dimedrol wrote:
> > On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:17:49 -0500, via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx(Cal
> > Learner-- MVP) wrote:
> > > > In microsoft.public.money, Jake wrote:
> > > > > > When I backup to a diskette using Money 2005 I have to remove the file
> > > > from the previous backup from the diskette. If I do not then Money
> > > > complains there is not enough space on the disk. Previous versions of
> > > > Money would over write the old file. Any ideas on how to correct this
> > > > annoying behavior would be greatly appreciated.
> > > > > The best solution would be to use a USB drive instead of a floppy.
> > > Have more than enough space for two backups, and things should work
> > > nicely. They are also more reliable than floppies.
> > > Yes - but this does not address the issue of MS Money OVERWRITING old
> > file. And USB drives also have finite capacity - at some point one
> > starts running out of room there too.
> It doesn't?
> You are using Money 2005 and the backup to a USB drive does not
> delete the older scheduled backup to "floppy"? You get a series of
> big .mbf files on that USB drive?

yes - and they all include dtaes in the name.... BTW, same issue with
Money 2006

#2 12-21-2005, 05:28 PM

In microsoft.public.money, Dr. Dimedrol wrote:

- quote -

> On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:17:49 -0500, via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx(Cal
> Learner-- MVP) wrote:
> > In microsoft.public.money, Jake wrote:
> > > > When I backup to a diskette using Money 2005 I have to remove the file
> > > from the previous backup from the diskette. If I do not then Money
> > > complains there is not enough space on the disk. Previous versions of
> > > Money would over write the old file. Any ideas on how to correct this
> > > annoying behavior would be greatly appreciated.
> > > The best solution would be to use a USB drive instead of a floppy.
> > Have more than enough space for two backups, and things should work
> > nicely. They are also more reliable than floppies.
> Yes - but this does not address the issue of MS Money OVERWRITING old
> file. And USB drives also have finite capacity - at some point one
> starts running out of room there too.

It doesn't?

You are using Money 2005 and the backup to a USB drive does not
delete the older scheduled backup to "floppy"? You get a series of
big .mbf files on that USB drive?

#1 12-21-2005, 04:53 PM

On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:17:49 -0500, via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx(Cal
Learner-- MVP) wrote:

- quote -

> In microsoft.public.money, Jake wrote:
> > When I backup to a diskette using Money 2005 I have to remove the file
> > from the previous backup from the diskette. If I do not then Money
> > complains there is not enough space on the disk. Previous versions of
> > Money would over write the old file. Any ideas on how to correct this
> > annoying behavior would be greatly appreciated.
> The best solution would be to use a USB drive instead of a floppy.
> Have more than enough space for two backups, and things should work
> nicely. They are also more reliable than floppies.

Yes - but this does not address the issue of MS Money OVERWRITING old
file. And USB drives also have finite capacity - at some point one
starts running out of room there too.

10-04-2005, 02:17 AM

In microsoft.public.money, Jake wrote:

- quote -

> When I backup to a diskette using Money 2005 I have to remove the file
> from the previous backup from the diskette. If I do not then Money
> complains there is not enough space on the disk. Previous versions of
> Money would over write the old file. Any ideas on how to correct this
> annoying behavior would be greatly appreciated.

The best solution would be to use a USB drive instead of a floppy.
Have more than enough space for two backups, and things should work
nicely. They are also more reliable than floppies.

#-1 10-04-2005, 01:58 AM

When I backup to a diskette using Money 2005 I have to remove the file
from the previous backup from the diskette. If I do not then Money
complains there is not enough space on the disk. Previous versions of
Money would over write the old file. Any ideas on how to correct this
annoying behavior would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jake

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