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| In microsoft.public.money, Chris wrote: - quote - > I recently got a new computer running Windows XP. My old
You may be doing File-> Open instead of File-> Restore.> system was running Windows 98. > When I installed the program, Money 98 on my new system > and tried to restore my backup from floppy it wouldnt work. > It didn't seem to recognize it the file extension type. > The file extension on the backup file is .mbf and I > noticed when I was going thru the restore process when I > got to the step where you identify the source of the file > to restore the pull down list under the file type didn't > include this extension. It looks like it wants a .mny > extension but the .mbf is what the backup program assigned. 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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| You need an update for Money 98 to have the multi-disk backup and restore capability: http://support.microsoft.com/default...97&Product=mny "Chris" <anonymous[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:a46401c3eb57$f4624970$a401280a[at]phx.gbl... - quote - > I recently got a new computer running Windows XP. My old > system was running Windows 98. > When I installed the program, Money 98 on my new system > and tried to restore my backup from floppy it wouldnt work. > It didn't seem to recognize it the file extension type. > The file extension on the backup file is .mbf and I > noticed when I was going thru the restore process when I > got to the step where you identify the source of the file > to restore the pull down list under the file type didn't > include this extension. It looks like it wants a .mny > extension but the .mbf is what the backup program assigned. |
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| I recently got a new computer running Windows XP. My old system was running Windows 98. When I installed the program, Money 98 on my new system and tried to restore my backup from floppy it wouldnt work. It didn't seem to recognize it the file extension type. The file extension on the backup file is .mbf and I noticed when I was going thru the restore process when I got to the step where you identify the source of the file to restore the pull down list under the file type didn't include this extension. It looks like it wants a .mny extension but the .mbf is what the backup program assigned. |
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