Likewise. I back up to a USB flash drive without issue using M2006.
Of course, I have selected that destination in the settings. I was
also successful backing up to a USB flash drive using M2004.

--Howie


On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 11:18:37 -0700, "Dick Watson"
<littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote:

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I don't think anybody here has any ideas because none of us here have seen
anything similar. As noted, I tested this here and cannot duplicate your
results. I was only making the comment because you seem so insistent on
there being a bug in Money as though whether there is or isn't changes your
situation.

"Chris" <Chris[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E9D3473-76FC-4A79-81FD-FBCB289CAFFD[at]microsoft.com...
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Hi Mr. Watson,

You ask what I am going to do. It's really not a big deal. I can just back
up to my hard drive and drag the file over to the USB drive (as I think you
suggested first). Really not that big of a problem. I just thought someone
here would have an idea how to fix it. I thought maybe it might be a simple
matter of just clicking a box somewhere. So I will probably buy a flash drive
as you also suggested and in the meantime keep trying to solve this myself.
If I come up with anything new I will post it here.

Thanks for your input.
Chris

"Dick Watson" wrote:

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Hi Ken,

Thanks for your response. Yes I have used numerous other programs to write
to the drive. I currently have over 2 gigs filled up on the drive from data
made and written there by other programs. Gong into my computer and checking
the drive under properties shows it to be the correct size.

Chris


"ken" wrote:

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You are right. It does seem odd that only Money has this problem with
the drive. One would think that Money would just use whatever Windows
service determines the free space on the drive. Did you try
right-clicking on the drive in windows explorer and checking the
properties? Make sure that it shows the correct free space. Other
than that, I would try using other programs to try to write a big file
to the drive to see if any other program exhibits the problem. This
might further suggest whether the bug is local to Money.

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:00:02 -0800, "Chris"
<Chris[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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Re. M02, this doesn't surprise me--it was very lame about floppy vs.
hundreds of other possible kinds of removable media backups. M06 essentially
rewrote the entire backup scheme.

Let's suppose it is an issue with M06. I don't consider this at all
impossible--given the oddball things I see everyday with Money. What are you
going to do? Nobody here can tell you what bugs Microsoft does or does not
know about nor can we fix it. Your best bet then is to open a support case
directly with them.

"Chris" <Chris[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I have no clue what's going on in your environment, but I suggest you check
all of your Tools|Settings|Backup settings very carefully. I just tested
this here on M06 against a 512MB key with lots of free space. It worked
fine. Wrote a 14.6 MB, compressed, file.

"Chris" <Chris[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3D17F313-4280-4653-BBC5-2399212E62D0[at]microsoft.com...
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Hi Cal,

Please don't misunderstand. I appreciate your help. I suppose if I have to
I'll spend the money on a flash drive as you suggest. But before I spend more
money I thought I would try to solve the problem using this drive. Not that
$30 bucks or so is a big deal. Just that I like the seagate drive I have.
It's big enough to back up all the data on my computer.

In any case sorry if I seemed combative. Not my intention.

Chris

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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Hi Mr. Watson,

What you say may be true. BTW I am using Windows XP Pro Service pack 2. I
believe it is telling XP that the drive is a removable drive. This is what is
says in windows explorer when plugged in. In any case the strange part about
this whole thing is that the very first backup I made onto this drive using
Money 2002 worked perfectly. Unfortuanately any subsequent attemps to back up
since then asks for a second disk. Whatever the drive is telling XP it isn't
giving my Quick Books program (or any other program on my computer for that
matter) any problems.

Still I suspect a problem with Money itself. Not sure I want to go out and
by another memory stick to prove I'm right though.

Thanks for your response. Any further suggestions would be appreciated.

Chris

"Dick Watson" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Chris wrote:

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I accept that that is your firmly held belief.

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I suggest you try a USB flash drive. They are often on sale. If that
is not a "further" suggestion, I have none.

The real question here is what kind of device is XP telling Money you
have.That IS conditioned by what kind of device the device is telling XP it
is in the first place. That's not to say that Money isn't making some stupid
assumptions given what XP is telling it.

"Chris" <Chris[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3D17F313-4280-4653-BBC5-2399212E62D0[at]microsoft.com...
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Hi Cal,

Thank you for your response. Yes, it's Money 2006. The box does say Money
2006 Deluxe,

The USB Memory "stick" I have is not really a memory "Stick". I is a little
Seagate USB drive. Kind of like a memory stick but larger. See link below.
It's meant to be portable and placed in a pocket etc. It has 5 gigabytes of
available space. It has to be a Money problem and not the drives problem. I
also use Quick books which has no problems backing up to this drive. Money
should recognize that there is plenty of room on this drive. Obviously a bug
in the program somewhere. Money thinks it's backing up to an "A" drive or
floppy when it is not. This is why it is asking for a second disk.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...lance&n=172282

Any further suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Chris

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Chris wrote:

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You mean the Money 2006 program?

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Is this using XP?

I suggest you try a different USB flash drive. I am suspicious of a
flash drive with gigabytes of free space. Try a 128, 256, or 512. A
USB flash drive that actually has "gigabytes of free space" is rare.




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Hi all,

As per suggested on this forum I upgraded to Money Deluxe 2006. I did this
as a new install and kept my Money 2002 program as well on the same computer.
Unfortunately upgrading to 2006 did not solve the problem. The problem is
that even though I have gigabytes of free space on my USB memory stick the
Money program will tell me to put in "Disk 2" to finish backing up to the
drive. Every thing is set correctly. Money is pointed to the correct drive it
just "thinks" is a floppy drive or something.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Chris