Very Old Quicken Files

Quick280098

I have a very old quicken program running Quicken98 on an old iMac G3. Yikes!
The hard disk got fried.
I found a mint condition IMac G3.
I have a backup of my on a USB thumb drive.
I popped the USB into my desktop (windows)
to take a look.uh oh
 When I popped it back into my new “vintage” iMac G3 the Quicken files show the “Quicken” icon is changed to “PC” and the iMac can’t read them. 
The message I get is:
“This is an Auxiliary file for Quicken” and it will not open.
If anyone out there has a solution I would be very grateful... and so will my “new” “vintage” iMac G3

John_in_NC

Older MacOS Classic files actually consisted of two critical parts. If the files are moved to non- HFS (Mac formatted disks), part of the file can get lost.

MacOS X (and possibly Classic-I forget as it has been so long) would break the file up/put it back together when moved to and back from a non HFS disk (such as a flash drive if it isn't formatted for Mac)

Just opening the flash drive on a PC (assuming it is formatted as FAT) shouldn't cause any problems, but the problem might lie in the copying to/from that flash drive and parts of the file getting lost. Your only option would be to try copying the file off the flash drive and back to the G3 and hope the OS puts the file back together (if it has the other half)

Compressing or bin-hexing (.hqx) was how we avoided this problem back in the early days of MacOS when we weren't sure of what format the destination drive would be.

John_in_NC

Older MacOS Classic files actually consisted of two critical parts. If the files are moved to non- HFS (Mac formatted disks), part of the file can get lost.

MacOS X (and possibly Classic-I forget as it has been so long) would break the file up/put it back together when moved to and back from a non HFS disk (such as a flash drive if it isn't formatted for Mac)

Just opening the flash drive on a PC (assuming it is formatted as FAT) shouldn't cause any problems, but the problem might lie in the copying to/from that flash drive and parts of the file getting lost. Your only option would be to try copying the file off the flash drive and back to the G3 and hope the OS puts the file back together (if it has the other half)

Compressing or bin-hexing (.hqx) was how we avoided this problem back in the early days of MacOS when we weren't sure of what format the destination drive would be.