file won't open

[Mike or Penny Novack]

On 10/1/2015 10:46 AM, Philip Alexander wrote:
> I had to reset my PC yesterday and now after reinstalling Gnu Cash I can't seem to open my Gnu file.
> I found the file with a .gcm extension and when I click it I get this error message:
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> If this isn't my file, where else might the file be saved? Or if it is my file what am I doing wrong.
> Please help. I can't believe I have possibly lost 2 years of data.
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> Philip Alexander
> Business Manager Imagine School at Lakewood Ranch
> 10535 Portal Crossing, Bradenton, FL 34211
> (941) 750-0900 Ext. 105
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> Business Manager Imagine School at North Manatee
> 9275 49th Ave E, Palmetto, FL 34221
>
Where is the device or medium on which you make your periodic data 
backups? This is a business, right? So surely on a periodic basis you 
back up the data of all business computers. If not, then your problem is 
NOT just with gnucash (unless that is the only business activity the 
computer was used for).

When your computer fails, and fail it someday will, you either replace 
the computer (or the OS if this is a "soft" problem), reinstall 
applications (programs), and restore your data from backup. Then what 
you lost just the data between the last backup and the disaster. Every 
business needs a "disaster-recovery" plan.

BTW, if you are coming back with the same operating system, the restore 
of data form backup easy, simply copy over corresponding directories 
(file folders). If the new OS is different, well you might need some 
help learning what now goes where.

Michael

Michael