Hello Tom, if you're here, I followed your instructions on making the Quicken Backup first to a folder on my desktop, then copied that folder to a CD. In trying to see if it worked, I checked the desktop folder and the CD and they both said 'unable to open files', so I'm thinking maybe these files can't be looked at unless they're restored, is that correct? When I open the folder it shows that all the separate files that make up Quicken are there, but when I click on the data files it brings up a screen that wants you to open a new account, which I'm thinking w/b the restored data (?). The CD does the same thing. So when I see that everything is there as far as all the files go, do I just assume that it's a copy of my original Quicken data? Or should I be able to see what's in there? TIA ~Glo -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.1 - Release Date: 3/23/2005 -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> 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