Advice

[Geert Janssens]

On Tuesday 2 March 2010, Donald Allen wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:30 PM,  <dfett1080 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > I have tried to put my problem out on the IRC channel but have been
> > unable to get a response.
> >
> > My system (Vista) crashed and had to be reloaded. I of course lost all
> > programs including GnuCash. I have what I thought was a backup file of my
> > business books titled DesertDiabetesResources with file type showing as
> > "file". I have now re loaded the system as well as GnuCash(2.2.9) but
> > have been unable to retrieve my business books. I see in FAC and some
> > documentation mentioning XAC files. I do not have this file anywhere. Is
> > the XAC file the only way I could have got my information back or is
> > there a way to do it with the DesertDiabetesResources file.
> 
> Have you tried opening  the DesertDiabetesResources file with Gnucash?
> From your description, it doesn't sound hopeful, but it's worth a try.
> 
Exactly what have you tried to "retrieve" your business books ? And what 
errors did this generate ?

Geert

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