I may scream for you then with other questions! I'll check out the backup function that you mention. I have a lot of problems now with it asking me to change my password every time I try to download from my bank. My bank said to just use ctrl/a to get around it - but what a pain!! I guess it is a common problem maybe just associated with my bank(??). It wouldn't even let me finish the set-up because of this. The bank had to walk me through it. So I'm very leary of the program!! The 2nd time that I opened it after I installed it, I had to direct it to use the back up it had made, in order to put my information back in it!! I've only opened it once since then. I tried to download my new transactions from my bank. I think that went ok - the guy at the bank warned me to be careful if I downloaded plus added transactions manually. thanks!! cris ----- Original Message ----- From: ~OoO~ To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 10:14 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: backing a system up If you're going to use something to back up the whole system, you can technically just backup the entire Quicken program, as the account info is right in the Quicken directory. On the other hand, you can find the Quicken file that needs to be backed up by just looking in the directory. It'll have your account name right in it. For example, I call the file "Charlie" so its something like "charlie.xxx". I think there's more than one file per account. I personally backup the entire directory, but that's just me. PLUS, since my finances are so very important, I keep as second backup. Every time I add an entry in Quicken, before I close, I hit the BACKUP option in Quicken. No need for any knowledge on this one. Hit BACKUP at the top, tell it where to back it up, and it happens. If you ever need to restore, its FILE > RESTORE (or something like that). I'm a pro on the Quicken stuff, as I've been using it for about 5 years now. So, if you want specifics on the file names, I can look at it when I get home and tell you. BUT... you'll never go wrong with Quicken if you backup the entire directory. ---Troth To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk