Year end copy

Question

My current data file has information all the way back to 2014.  When I created a current year copy, it didn't delete all the ancient information.  How do I delete all the previous years data?

splasher · Answer

I always surmised it was due to the most common backup media, diskettes.  I remember my file using sets of 6 hi-density  3.5" diskettes and it took forever to make a backup, so it only got made once a month.  These days, I backup any day that I make changes in my data file.

Mark1104 · Answer

I've always thought the 'year end copy' function goes back to years ago when large data files were problematic, given the horsepower of early century PC's.

My datafiles goes back to 1994 and have over 67,000 transactions - I have no issues running it through Quicken.

I have not used the year end copy function since 2000.

splasher · Answer