John O Wilson wrote:
>
> On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Oliver Dammann wrote:
>
> > Hello Robert!
> > If your backup doesn't fit on a diskette, try to do the backup on another
> > or the same harddisk your Quicken data is stored on. This is the way I do
> > it. I know, it's better to have a copy on a diskette, but well....
> >
> > Oliver Dammann
> >
> >
> > I use Quicken 4 for my checkbook. I've filled my floppy disk doing the back
> > ups and now when I try to back up,  it says that the disk is full. Is there
> > a way to get Quicken to back up on multiple disks or will I have to delete
> > a few years worth of data off my program on the HD and start with a new
> > disk.
>
> If you do this (run a backup but place the backup file somewhere on your
> local hard drive) you can always use a compression program like PKZIP to
> compress the file and put the compressed version on a floppy for extra
> insurance....
>

The simplest way to deal with this is to do an END OF YEAR command
which will split off the older data into an archive file.  Now you
will have two smaller, more manageable files.

--
Jim Meagher
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