In microsoft.public.money, Carol wrote:

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Start-> Search for "*.mny,*.mbf,*.mn?" without the quotes on your
hard drive. When you converted your Money 97 file, Money 2001 saved
a *.mn5 file as your Money 97 backup. Let's hope one of the files is
useful. By selecting to show the file details for the search result,
you can get a column of the file dates. Click the date heading to
sort by date.

For the future, in Tools-> Options-> Backup I suggest checking
x Automatically backup to hard disk on exit
x Prompt me before backing up each time*
x Make my file small ...

Then periodically, perhaps once per month or more, copy your
latest backup (named differently from your earlier backups) to a
CDR. With XP, this can be a copy and paste operation. Otherwise
use the burning software that came with your CDR drive.

* This has two advantages. You can change the file name
occasionally. I like to pick a name something like money030828.
Then it is easy to change the name to have multiple backups. The
..mbf extension is automatic. The other advantage is that you can
choose "Don't Back Up, or you change your mind about exiting by
simply clicking the X in the upper right of the pop-up box.

Do a search on your disk for files with extensions .MBF or .MNY. (Some very
old versions also used .BAK for backup files.) M01 should know how to deal
with either of these formats. You will need to examine things like name,
location and file date to figure out which one you want to upgrade to M01.

"Carol" <njcarolx[at]juno.com> wrote in message
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You need to find the file that ends in .mny. Typically MyMoney.mny. The
usual place given the vintage of your Money is c:\Program Files\Microsoft
Money.

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Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

Hints/Tips
http://support.microsoft.com/default...d=fh;EN-GB;mny
UK Wishes/Suggestions
mnyukwsh[at]microsoft.com

"Carol" <njcarolx[at]juno.com> wrote in message
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I recently installed Money 2001. I had been running a
previous version for years, 97 or earlier. Now it seems
I've lost my data. I didnt ever consider that anything
would happen to the backsup files. I backed up to my hard
drive always but now do not know what the file was called.
Do I have to start from stratch and set up everything all
over again?