Microsoft KB Archive/179397

Money 98: Multi-Disk Backup and Restore Utility

PSS ID Number: Q179397 Article last modified on 08-18-1998

WINDOWS:98

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Money 98 == 

= SUMMARY =

Microsoft has created a Multi-Disk Backup utility, Mdbr.exe, that you can use to back up your compressed Money 98 files onto multiple floppy disks. This utility can also restore the compressed backup file.

= MORE INFORMATION =

NOTE: The file(s) mentioned in this article only apply to the U.S. English version of Microsoft Money 98.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

~ Mdbr1.exe

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q119591 TITLE : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Save the Mdbr1.exe file to a location on your hard disk. Run Mdbr1.exe to extract two files:


 * Mdbr.exe
 * Readme.txt

The Readme.txt file contains the following information about how to use these files.

Installing the Multi-Disk Backup Utility
To install the Multi-Disk Backup utility, follow these steps:

  Quit Money   Go to the location where you saved Mdbr.exe and double-click the Mdbr.exe file.   Click OK when prompted with the following message: Installation Complete. You can access multidisk backup and restore command from Money 98’s Tools menu.   Open Money.   On the Tools menu, notice the two new features: Multi-Disk Backup Multi-Disk Restore 

NOTE: When you select Multi-Disk Backup you have the choice of saving the backup copy to either drive C or drive A. In addition, the backup file is given the following name

Money98.<x>.mbf

(where <x> is the disk number).

This behavior is by design and cannot be changed.

Using the Multi-Disk Backup Utility
<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">  Open Money. </li>  On the Tools menu, click Multi-Disk Backup. </li>  Select the location where you want the backup files to be saved: either drive C or drive A. </li>  Put in the next disk when you are prompted with the following: Ready for the next disk. Please remove the current disk from the drive and label it “Money Backup Disk #1,” then insert another formatted disk in the drive. </li>  Click OK when prompted with the following message: The backup of your money file completed successfully. </li></ol>

Using the Multi-Disk Restore Utility
<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">  Open Money. </li>  On the Tools menu, click Multi-Disk Restore. </li>  Select the drive letter that the backup copy was saved to. </li>  When prompted to enter a file name, type a file name that you want the file to use from now on. NOTE: This has to be a new name; if you use an existing name, the file will be overwritten. </li>  Click Save. </li>  Put in the next available disk when you are prompted with the following message: Please insert the next backup disk. (The disk containing file money98.2.mbf.) </li>  Click OK when prompted with the following message: Money has successfully restored your backup file as C:<path/filename.mny>. You can open this file in Money by selecting Open from the File menu. </li></ol>

IMPORTANT NOTE: If Money is installed to the root directory of a drive, for example

C:

you will receive an error message similar to the following:

Money cannot load the wizard

Microsoft does not recommend installing Money to the root directory of a drive.

If Money is installed to the root directory of a drive you will need to remove Money using Maintenance Mode Setup and then reinstall Money to a folder on the root drive, for example:

C:Money

Additional query words: w_money 6.0 woody backup restore utility feature multiple disks multidisk multi disk ====================================================================== Keywords : kbfile kbdta Version : WINDOWS:98 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.