Why not just copy the .mny file from your old computer to the new one? Copy
the .mny file to a memory stick and then copy it into the new laptop.

The .mny file contains everything you need.

--
Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

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http://support.microsoft.com/default...d=fh;EN-GB;mny.


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

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File-> RestoreBackup. Select
RestoreFromABackupFile(next)-> OpenADifferentBaskupFile

Better is to close Money 2002, and do the following:

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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Restore overwrites everything. If you don't want that, restore to a
different filename, which will cause you to not overwrite anything.

I have installed Money 2002 to my new laptop, and used my old laptop to
create the money accounts (checking and savings), including the balances in
each account. Now I want to transfer the activity/transactions from each
account on the floppy disk backup to my newly installed Money files on the
new computer.

QUESTION: I have tried to use the "restore" a Money file backup from a
different location, but since the data is on a floppy disk, and Money
searches the hard drive, how do I get Money to see the data on the floppy
disk?

Maybe I should not have included the balances for each of my checking and
savings accounts, and let Money do this during the restore?

Thanks, Thomboy