Thanks everyone for your replies! I'm running Windows XP Professional
Version 2002....

I just tried copying the backup file from my floppy to my hardrive on both
the original desktop and another. Both times it gets about halfway done
copying and then it seems to get hung up for a long time and I finally get
the message: data error (cyclic redundancy check)...

When I doubleclick on the file, Money opens up and it displays the Restoring
message box and works for a long time, but never gets anywhere. It finally
gives this message: A:\QDATA Backup 'd1.mbf' is corrupted or is not a Money
backup file.

Unfortunately, I'm not terribly computer savvy and I don't really understand
the other advice given here or how to use the recovery programs. I'm going
to ask the computer guy to read your replies and maybe he'll be able to help
me from there...I hope!

I'll try the floppy on my work computer...but I have a feeling I won't have
much more luck... Sorry for the delay in my responding. I thought I was
going to be notified when I got replies, but I never was. So I just now
figured I'd check for responses. Thanks again for the replies! amz

The reason I ask about the version that made the backup is that users have
been offered online upgrade deals and more than one user has come here
having forgotten accepting the offer. They thought they were running, say,
M02 but were really running, say, M04.

One thing you might try: install the M06 trial from
http://www.microsoft.com/money and see if it will restore/upgrade the file.
Of particular interest if it does so is what tile extension it puts on the
retained back-level file when it upgrades. Your hoping, since M03 is what
you have, that it comes up .M11.

"Pev" <Pev[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
Unfortunately not, only the backup and Money 2003 Standard , part of
Microsoft Works Suite 2003 is the only oney software I have. I have also
tried replacing the backup file of a new test file I created with my original
saved backup file but it still wouldn't open. One odd thing is that it always
asks me to sign into my net passport and if I click on forgotten password
(which I know) it will not let me connect to the internet even though there
is no problem with the internet connection. All a bit strange, by thge way it
is version 11 of Money
Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks for your help
Pev


"Dick Watson" wrote:

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Do you have a copy of the data file that is in its original form, not a
backup? Are you positive that the version you were running was still M03?

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

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Do not restore to the default location. Browse to the location
where your Money file should be restored to. A spot in your My
Documents folder is usually good.

If you still have a problem, see if you can copy that backup file to
your My Documents folder.

I have just reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled Money 2003 but it will
not restore my backup file. I have read through the FAQ about this but still
cannot restore the file. I am running Windows XP Pro with Money 2003 OEM part
of Microsoft Works Suite. Whenever I try to restore my backup file (*mbf) I
get the error message "Cannot open the file, may be Read only or the
Harddrive may be write protected - none of which applies in my case. I have
tried both quick and deep repairs but to no avail. I always end up with me
having to sign into my Net passport and that just leads me back to the error
message above.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance