How do I get quicken 2004 loaded in the background and use quicken 2017?

Question

I have been using quicken for years now.  It has worked well.  I started using quicken 2004 and then upgraded to quicken 2017.  Recently, I had a crash of the hard drive of the computer.  The had to put a new hard drive in it.  All of my quicken data was lost.
      I believe that I have to re-install Quicken 2004, for the old transactions and the update to quicken 2017.  Does that seem right?  Anyone with information about how to do this would be appreciated.  Does this sound correct?
      Is this something that I can probably work through, or wait for guidance with quicken support on Monday.

Greg_the_Geek · Accepted Answer

You should be able to just reinstall Quicken 2017 but you need your Quicken data file. You Quicken data is not part of the Quicken program. Whoever fixed your computer should try and recover your Quicken data.