Working with older data files

Question

I would like to manually add a few transactions to a credit card account, which I deleted inadvertently during the reconciliation process. I was hoping to open an older historical data file from which to find these transactions and re-enter them manually to my current *.qdf file. It is less time consuming to manually update one account with a handful of transactions, rather than restoring from an older *.qdf file and then updating all the accounts it contains. So my question is how do I open an old *.qdf file without overwriting (not restoring to) my current most up to date *.qdf file?

I am using Quicken Classic Deluxe Ver: R64.23, build 27.1.64.23, Windows Enterprise 11.

Thanks,

grantjl · Answer

Is the following what you are referring to? And I should follow the "Create a copy" steps?

Restore Quicken data

* Go to File > View/Restore Backups....
* Browse the Local and Online Backups tabs to find the backup file you want to restore. The Quicken backup file has the extension .QDF-Backup.
* Select the file to restore and click Restore Backup.
* Next, you will be given the option to overwrite the file you have open or to create a copy of the backup you're restoring.* If you Create a copy, you will need to select a location to save the copy to and you will also need to give the copy a unique file name. After naming the file and selecting the location, click Save, then click Yes to open the restored file.
* What does it mean to overwrite a file?: Restoring a backup file replaces your current data with the data stored on the backup. Be aware that you'll lose any changes you made since the backup was created. If you want to preserve the current file, you must rename the current file or the file you are restoring. We recommend to avoid overwriting files.

grantjl · Answer

So are you saying I pick a historical *.qdf file from the time before I made the inadvertent deletions, pick it, open it and give it a name different from my current working *.qdf file?

NotACPA · Answer

Go thru the File Restore process … and just change the name before you click OPEN