Automatic back ups...where ?

Bob of the Lake

About 5 months ago I had to replace my computer and about that same time my Quicken subscription lapsed. I just renewed but I dio not have me saved quicken files on the new computer and cannot access the ones stored on the old computer.

Question: Are there any auto back ups stored by quicken automatically

Tom Young

"Question: Are there any auto back ups stored by quicken automatically "

Yes, in Preferences you can set the frequency of automatic backups Quicken will make when you close a file. The problem is that these backups - stored in a Folder labeled "Backups" - resided in the same Folder that holds your Quicken data files. The backups and data are usually stored as C: > Users Folder > (Your name) Folder > Documents Folder > Quicken Folder, unless you've chosen to use a different place. So unless you still have the C: hard drive from that old computer I expect you're out of luck.

To ovoid this sort of problem in the future you should also use the Preferences option for "manual" backups, made every "X" number of times you close your Quicken data file. This should be someplace else than your hard drive containing the C: directory, like another hard drive, a thumb drive, or "the cloud." (You can't use the cloud as a place where your active, live data file lives.)