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Just to jump in here, it's good advice to start small and test with 
backups.  That said, I was able to import 27+ years of  Quicken data 
(dating back to early DOS versions) but, like Dave below, I took the 
opportunity to 'clean house' and retain only the last couple of years, 
eliminate old unused accounts/categories,etc

I must say that I was very impressed with GnuCash's ability to drag in and 
(as far as I can tell, correctly!) deal with so many years of data. Of 
course, the resulting XML file was over 37MB big, and took a while for 
GnuCash to load.... but it did it all pretty smoothly.

I don't post often, so I'll also add a HUGE THANK YOU to the developers and 
all involved for providing GnuCash and continuing its progress. I'm still 
learning GC (for personal use, no business) but the more I use it, the 
better I like it.  I now have a stable *real* accounting program, I'm free 
of Intuit's Sunset/Blackmail policy regarding downloads, and I have access 
to all my data via both Python and XML in addition to normal reports, 
instead of the proprietary encrypted form Intuit went to years ago.  In 
short, VERY happy with GnuCash, and VERY glad to be rid of Quicken/Intuit.

JimW





At 06:02 PM 8/15/2011, David Carlson wrote:
>On 8/15/2011 5:23 PM, David T. wrote:
> > Guy--
> >
> > I can't guarantee your results, but when *I* was in your position a few 
> years back, I went into Quicken and asked it to export everything 
> (transactions, accounts, and categories) to a QIF file, which I then 
> imported into Gnucash. Gnucash was able to convert the QIF file, 
> correctly getting categories into accounts, and I was mostly good to go. 
> I did have to do some tweaking to the data, not to mention my mindset, to 
> get things working.
> >
> > Once you have gotten your data into Gnucash, I recommend reading 
> through the Gnucash documentation (especially the Tutorial and Concepts 
> Guide) to familiarize yourself with some of the fundamental differences 
> between Gnucash and Quicken.
> >
> > Good luck!
> > David
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: Angela & Guy Tolson <shepleytolson at talktalk.net>
> > To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> > Cc:
> > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 8:31 AM
> > Subject: Quicken Files
> >
> > I have been looking for a programme into which I can transfer my 
> Quicken data that I have been using 16 years. I was delighted to come 
> across GNUCASH that seemed to imply I can transfer the data into it. My 
> Quicken has 4 types of file - Qdata1.QDF,  Qdata1.QEL, Qdata1.QPH and 
> Qtada1.QSD but not a .QIF in sight. What can I do?
> >
> > Guy
>
>Before you jump into the water, read the GnuCash instructions in the
>manual about importing and be ready to make a lot of individual
>transaction corrections.  Use Quicken to export from a copy (not your
>original) of your quicken files and export the oldest month only first.
>Create a test GnuCash data file and import just that month.  This test
>will give you a feel for how smoothly (or not) the import task will go.
>
>In my case I had so much data that I decided to only import the last two
>years into my real GnuCash data file.
>
>Good luck.
>
>David Carlson
>
>
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