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
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SUMMARY
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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
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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
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To install the Multi-Disk Backup utility, follow these steps:
 
1. Quit Money
 
2. Go to the location where you saved Mdbr.exe and double-click the
   Mdbr.exe file.
 
3. Click OK when prompted with the following message:
 
      Installation Complete. You can access multidisk backup and
      restore command from Money 98's Tools menu.
 
4. Open Money.
 
5. 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
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1. Open Money.
 
2. On the Tools menu, click Multi-Disk Backup.
 
3. Select the location where you want the backup files to be saved:
   either drive C or drive A.
 
4. 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.
 
5. Click OK when prompted with the following message:
 
      The backup of your money file completed successfully.
 
Using the Multi-Disk Restore Utility
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1. Open Money.
 
2. On the Tools menu, click Multi-Disk Restore.
 
3. Select the drive letter that the backup copy was saved to.
 
4. 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.
 
5. Click Save.
 
6. 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.)
 
7. 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.
 
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:\Microsoft Money
 
Additional query words: w_money 6.0 woody backup restore utility feature
multiple disks multidisk multi disk
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Keywords          : kbfile kbdta
Version           : WINDOWS:98
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbinfo
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.