I have recently installed Quicken 2002 on my PC. Uptil now I have used floppies for backing up but want to use a CD-RW. According to the Quicken help files I need to set up my writer to work as an additional hard drive. Can anyone out there explain to a PC simpleton how its done? Thanks to anyone who can help.
What quicken is telling you to do is enable 'on the fly' OS based backups. i.e., Mount Ranier. Blah blah blah, insert technical mumbo jumbo here and it means that you need to install something along the lines of InCD which will allow you to format your RW disc in such a way that they can be written, as Quicken says, like a floppy disc (without a need for fancy software). Of coruse this requires that your operating system supports this functionality and your burner supports the functionality. 1. What operating system you running? 2. What burner do you have? If you are comfortable burning DataCDs (i.e., regular old cds) then just backup the QDATA.QDF file in your quicken folder and thats your backup. Some other files you might want to backup: QDATA.HCX QDATA.QEL QDATA.QPH QDATA.QSD *.QIF And you should be set!
Depending on the model of Liteon burner then you should be fine. Something you should know: WindowsXP is a quirky OS when it comes to built-in burning capability. Many people claim to be able to burn fine. Many others have problems. Microsoft released an update to the IMAPI (which, FYI stands for Image Mastering Applications Programming Interface); that update can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320174 Furthermore, Microsoft has adressed other burning issues with WindowsXP, see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324129 Oh and you can always do the old-school datacd backups with those files i pointed out.
I'm a bit confused here. I dont have any problems creating music, video etc. so why do I have so much trouble with these backups?
1. CAN you make the backups at all or is it just a hassle? 2. If i understand what you are talking about correctly and I think I do, those backups require a packet-writing capability (which both your burner and your OS support). All you have to do is install the related software and you are off. The only catch is, the software is sometimes stupid. Which is why i suggested the alternative.
Thanks Prae, you're a mountain of info. Why I seem a bit baffled is because when I attempt to do the back-up via Quickens back-up facility - I select my writer, F drive, as the back-up facility location, and then hit OK to proceed - I get 'Unable to write to drive E'. This is why I'm lost. I'm using an unused disc, so there's plenty of space, and I cant see any other options. I understand what you say regarding copying the other files over but the 'Back-up facilty' is less messy, supposedly. Maybe its time to admit defeat and return to floppies, after all it does work - even a thicko like me can work it out.
That's because your discs need to be formatted for packet writing first. Download Nero's InCD and format your discs first then you will find that it works
