I have a very good example where recovery gets dicey. It's the 3 AM problem. Many years ago I was finishing a proposal for the Gov't. Deadline was 6 AM. I think it was around 1 AM. The back-up copy in the 3 1/2" floppy drive gets corrupted, so I plug in the 2nd back-up disk. Whoops, it's not the fault of the disk, rather the drive is scratching the disk. 2nd back-up is done. Fortunately I still had the final version on screen, so I made a back-up to the hard drive and that old 5 1/4 inch floppy drive. >From that time forward for many years I always made a two back-ups to two very different size drives. The reason for this is simple, there is no chance of inserting that 2nd back-up into a defective drive. For the tax records and book-keeping I use an Excell spreadsheet. All is presently backed-up on a CD, USB stick, and a hard copy printed at 50% reduction. Jim Ussailis National Wireless, Inc. Original Message: ----------------- From: Jan Werner jwerner at jwdp.com Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:11:21 -0400 To: shel at principledprofit.com, ken at waldenconsultinggroup.com, Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] [Hidden-Tech] Alternatives to Quicken ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. ** If you did, we all thank you. This is the kind of statement that drives me up the wall. The only way lost data can be unrecoverable is if it was not properly backed up. That is the fault of the user, not the software! For the last 24 years, I have used Quicken Home & Business to handle all of my personal and business banking records, accounts receivable and investment accounts. During that period, I have moved from DOS through Windows 95, 98 and XP to my current 64-bit Windows 7. I only upgrade when there is some compelling reason to do so, but ALL of the data accumulated over those 24 years has successfully made the transition through at least 5 different versions of the software. That does not mean that it has always been smooth sailing, and I have learned to be wary of the havoc automated online transactions can wreak on a data file. But Quicken makes it easy to keep daily backups, and given the critical nature of the content, I am careful to keep copies on a second computer, as well as on offline media. I have NEVER had to recover more than a few hours of work during all those years, and never had any difficulty doing so. Jan Werner _______________ shel at principledprofit.com wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > It was probably 15 or 20 years ago that Quicken ate an entire year's > worth of checkbook register, unrecoverable. At that point I switched to > Excel, which has a far less pleasant interface for managing checks but > does the record keeping I need. Obviously you can't use it to run a > checkbook, but it tracks your activity if you log it in. > > > __________________________ > Shel Horowitz, mailto:shel at frugalfun.com, 413-586-2388 > "I make the world INSIST on learning why YOU'RE special" > Consultant * Copywriter * Author * Speaker * Meeting Planner > Expertise: Frugal Marketing <http://www.frugalmarketing.com> > Frugal Fun <http://www.frugalfun.com> > Writing, Editing, & Publishing <http://www.accuratewriting.com> > _____________________________ > > On 2013-03-29 18:35, Ken Russell wrote: >> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's >> area. >> ** If you did, we all thank you. >> >> >> >> Greets Friends, >> >> So infuriated with Quicken! >> >> Have had a nice long look at gnuCash, but I find it difficult to >> sync with various banks and credit cards. >> >> I'd love to get any thoughts on good alternatives to Quicken. Don't >> mind double-ledger, but the *must-have* feature is seamless sync. >> >> Thoughts? perspectives? >> >> Thanks as ever, >> >> Ken >> >> _________________________________________ >> Ken Russell >> WALDEN CONSULTING GROUP >> Business Consulting & Coaching >> Narrative & Marketing >> Applications & Process Design >> c: 617.460.3837 [1] >> li: http://www.linkedin.com/in/waldenconsulting [2] >> g+: http://bit.ly/Sjyl7Z [3] >> >> >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] tel:617.460.3837 >> [2] http://www.linkedin.com/in/waldenconsulting >> [3] http://bit.ly/Sjyl7Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net >> Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net >> >> You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion >> list. >> If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members >> page on the Hidden Tech Web site. >> http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > _______________________________________________ Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. 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