Will someone help me with transferring Quicken data from one computer to another?

07. Jan, 2011 2 Comments

Question by racinfan: Will someone help me with transferring Quicken data from one computer to another?
I would like to move Quicken data to a new computer.USB is broken but I can burn a CD. How do I do the transfer and where exactly do I find the data files on the old computer? I don’t know how to install the old data to the new computer either.Please make your instructions detailed but simple, I am confused now

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Answer by Tofus
I am also confused as to ‘make it detailed but simple’

With Quicken, you do a Data Export, save the file to the C: drive for somewhere you can find it later, right-click on the file when its done, choose Sent-to CD, this copys it to the CD.
On the new computer, in Quicken, choose Data-Import, point to the CD drive (with the CD you made earlier), done.

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2 Responses to “Will someone help me with transferring Quicken data from one computer to another?”

  1. The Phlebob 07. Jan, 2011 at 4:42 am

    Do a Windows Explorer search for files with the file type of .QDF. When you find any, there should be a few other files with the same base file name (the part before the .QDF). There may be several sets of such files, in places you may have created backup sets, as well as some backup sets Quicken may have made for you.

    Copy the appropriate set(s) to the CD, then copy them to the same directory (you may have to create it) on the new machine. Open Quicken and open the data set. Make sure it’s the most recent.

    Don’t worry if you make a mistake: You still have the CD and, even more, you still have the original files on the old machine.

    Hope that helps.

  2. Vory 07. Jan, 2011 at 5:31 am

    I chose to use this handy mover to move all programs and files from my old pc to new laptop. It claims to be the ONLY software that moves programs, files, and settings from old PC to the new PC.

    http://how-convert.com/pcmover-transfer-programs-files-and-settings-to-a-new-pc.html

    Simply install PCmover on both your old and new computers and go! You choose which programs, files and settings need to be moved, and when the transfer is complete your new computer will have the personality and functionality of your old PC. And it rocks.

    Hope this helps.
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