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Q) I just reinstalled M98--it can't read my data backup floppies. Now what?

[Relevant to Money98 (v.6)]

A) Money98 originally didn't know how to do a multi-diskette backup. (This was bizarre since M98 was the first version where data file size grew by an order of magnitude.) If you made a Money98 diskette-spanning backup using Money98, you must have installed the patch that provided this functionality and now the patch is lost. (The outcry over the lack of spanning backup and the suddenly huge data files--small by the standards of current versions--led to release of the patch.) You will need to get it and reinstall it to read your diskette-spanning backup. Once installed, you will need to look not under the File menu but under Tools|Multi-disk backup. You can also see the MSKB item for more information.

Possibly a better course would be to consider migrating to a newer version of Money. The never version will know how to read the format written by the M98 diskette-spanning backup patch.

Thanks to Bonnie Synhorst for this answer; the MSKB link was provided by Kimberly Renna-Griego, MVP.

References:
Money98 diskette-spanning backup patch (get file mdbr1.exe)
MSKB: Q179397 M98 Diskette-spanning backup/restore

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