Restoring files in Quickbooks PRO 99 ?"?

Chief McGee

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Aug 4, 2008, 12:57:12 PM8/4/08

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I started out with Quicken, then updated to QB PRO 99. That ran fine for
years. I was backing up files every month on 3" disc. Recently my computer
crashed and I lost everything. Bought a new computer and loaded PRO 99. I
opened a 'new company" and tried to "restore" the data files. I keep getting
an error that says : Data from a newer version, cannot use" What gives?
Thanks

Gary E

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Aug 4, 2008, 1:01:45 PM8/4/08

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Just out of curiosity, did you try to Google for a response? This topic has
been covered a more than a couple of times in the past.

What gives is that QuickBooks will download updates and install them. Which
sometime can modify program files and the data file. When you reinstall you
are starting with a fresh copy without any of the updates, hence the "Data
is from a newer version: message"

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to locate and download the
updates for QB99 (a version that has stopped being supported for some time).
Good luck

Gary

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klunk

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Aug 4, 2008, 1:56:37 PM8/4/08

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"Chief McGee" <Mcge...@mchsi.com>

I'll assume you're using the U.S. version.
You need to update your QB Pro 99 installation to
the latest patch, which is r4. You can get it from the
following FTP location.

ftp://ftp.quicken.com/pub/quickbooks/99/r4/qbcdpro.exe

Chief McGee

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Aug 4, 2008, 2:54:42 PM8/4/08

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Klunk, tried this link. Discovered I have Quickbooks99. not PRO version.
Is there another link? Thanks

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Gary E

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Aug 4, 2008, 3:33:06 PM8/4/08

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Honest, Google is very quick, try this

http://206.154.102.8/support/archive/index/ndxw_7_updates2.html

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Chief McGee

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Aug 4, 2008, 3:55:02 PM8/4/08

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That did it. Got all my data back. Thanks to all

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Laura

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Aug 5, 2008, 9:53:45 PM8/5/08

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I had a link to the 99 support archves. It looks like they have removed all
of them. QB 2000 is the oldest version they have in the archives.

--
Laura

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klunk

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Aug 5, 2008, 10:47:45 PM8/5/08

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As Gary E mentioned, google brings up the old stuff that isn't
listed directly on the QB site anymore. A search on
"quickbooks 99 update" brings up a direct link to the page

http://206.154.102.8/support/archive/index/ndxw_7_updates.html

which currently RDNS's to:
http://qbksweb1.quickbooks.com/support/archive/index/ndxw_7_updates.html

How long that will continue to be available, who knows?

Also, the FTP url I posted earlier can be edited to get just about
any patch -- as long as you guess the name right:
ftp://ftp.quicken.com/pub/quickbooks/99/r4/qbcdpro.exe
ftp://ftp.quicken.com/pub/quickbooks/2000/r8/qbcdpro.exe
ftp://ftp.quicken.com/pub/quickbooks/2001/r6/qbcdpro.exe
etc...

Unfortunately, that FTP server is set to not display directory
and file information so it is not browseable with an FTP client.

I keep an archive of every patch released for my own use.
You never know when you'll need to roll back a new patch,
or get an older install up and running again for someone.

"Laura"