Last year's general ledger << offline, to avoid possible embarrasment >>

[rudolph maier]

Thanks,

I'll likely have to explain to my "fixer" just what I have for files. Many
are the result of practicing the exercises in "Gnucash 2.4..." by
Ramachandran.

I think I'll just use Mr Cherry, who is familiar with the bizarre workings
of my mind.

Best wishes,

Rudy

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 5 February 2013 15:02, rudolph maier <r.maier92 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks,
> >
> > The whole works for 2012 seems missing. I did a search for .gnucash and
> got
> > a daunting list of choices.
>
> Tell us what you see, it is probably not as bad as you think.  It is
> just a matter of sorting out the right one.  Paste the whole output
> here if you like.
>
> Colin
>
>
> > I'll likely take the pc to my "fixer", Cherry
> > Computers, and he'll likely ifind it for me.
> >
> > My external hard drive wasn't connected! Duh!
> >
> > I couldn't find the answer in "Gnucash 2.4 small business accounting.
> >
> > Actually, the 2012 accounts weren't bulky and I can probably reconstruct
> > the whole mess by hand in an afternoon, so I have a couple of outs.
> >
> > I would certainly follow any suggestions you may have.
> >
> > "You can make things foolproof, but not damn-fool proof."
> >
> > Oh yes, and a favorite rhyme:
> >
> > That money talks I can't deny.
> > I heard it once. It said, "Goodbye."
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Rudy
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Mike or Penny Novack <
> > stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com> wrote:
> >
> >> rudolph maier wrote:
> >>
> >> I am a new user. In July or August I began to put data in GnuCash for a
> >>> small medical practice. At the end of 2012, it disappeared and I can't
> >>> find
> >>> it. It's not in the Recycle Bin and I don't think I deleted it.
> >>> offers no way of retrieving this ledger and I will need it for taxes.
> It
> >>> must be somewhere in my Windows XP. How do I look for the missing data?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Please be more precise about what is missing. I could interpret what you
> >> said in two very different ways.
> >>
> >> 1) ALL of my data is missing (the entire "books" is missing)
> >>
> >> 2) Before when I opened my set of books I had a view showing me a
> "general
> >> ledger" and now I don't. Or perhaps I had run a "General Ledger" report
> and
> >> now it's gone.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Is it "1" or "2"? Don't answer me back privately, repeat your question
> >> again to the entire list making it clearer what you are asking. BTW, the
> >> person who posted that response about backups was slightly sarcastic
> BUT it
> >> is your responsibility to have some sort of backup procedures for your
> >> computer data. If not daily, then at least weekly or monthly. Though I
> >> think any business should consider daily with at least one copy stored
> off
> >> site.
> >>
> >> Michael
> >>
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