Glad you've solved your situation. Thanks for the feedback.

"Himanshu" <hgohel[at]yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Follow-up: I found the M04 CD and installed it. The file from the
demo version seemed to open up without any hitches. Hadn't made too
many entries during the demo install, but I don't see any problems
going from demo to full version of M04 Deluxe.

Thanks Dick and Cal.

Himanshu

"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in message news:<es0szpxQEHA.3748[at]TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl> ...
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In microsoft.public.money, H Gohel wrote:

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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.

I suggest use of a USB Flash drive also. They typically act like a
big floppy.

* This has two advantages. You can change the file name
occasionally. I like to pick a name something like money040528.
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.

Hi Dick, thanks for your reply.

Dick Watson wrote:
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That data loss would not be good then, so I went with the other choice:

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Downloaded & installed M04 Deluxe trial; 60-days should be enough for me
to find my original CD.

The data restore from backup seemed to go without a hitch, in contrast
to my experience with M03 backup/restore last year. Ofcourse the first
thing I changed when I installed M04 trial is the backup frequency from
14 days to 1 day

Thanks.

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Himanshu (Please remove XXX from my email address to reply by email)

Re. choice 1, it will work for now, but I don't know whether, say, lifetime
planner data in the file now will be there when you go back to a deluxe
version in the future.

Re. choice 2, this will work as you describe. M04 trial is available at
http://www.microsoft.com/money. (US market, that is.)

"Himanshu" <hgohel[at]yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Any information would be appreciated on my question:

Till a week or two ago I was running Money 2004 Deluxe and my
computer's disk drive died. Luckily I learned from a system crash
last year to backup my data almost every day, so my backup was only a
day old when the computer crashed.

Unfortunately, I am not able to locate my Money 2004 Deluxe CD at the
moment (it's in storage somewhere). I have two options:

1. I bought a new PC to replace the one in which the drive crashed,
and I got Money 2004 Standard with it. Should I try importing the
M04-Dlx backup data file into M04 Standard? Will I lose information
from the backup data file? Can I then bring the file into M04-Dlx
when I do find my software?

2. Should I download the M04 Deluxe demo (if any, haven't checked) and
use that till I find my CD and am able to install it? I hope that I
can then take the data at the end of the trial period and continue to
use it in my copy of M04-Deluxe?

Thanks.

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Himanshu