recover GNUcash data after windows crash

[David T.]

Ian,

Gcm files are not your data files. They are metadata files. Similarly, the “.gnucash” folder is the system folder that holds this metadata. Your data files (AccontsBusiness.gnucash and Personal.gnucash) are somewhere else on your backup. Put those on your new machine (not in the “.gnucash foldr”, BTW), and you’ll have your data.

HTH,
David

> On Nov 27, 2017, at 7:24 PM, Ian McAllister <purchase at smarthomebiz.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, I think I sent my earlier message to the wrong address.
> 
> My motherboard crashed and I needed a new one and re-installed Windows. Fortunately I had a backup of my main folders.
> 
> I copied the GNUcash folder across from the backup then re-installed over the top of it, in the hope that I would then have all my data files included, but it didn't work that way.
> 
> So I found \Users\myusernam\.gnucash\books which contained my old files
> AccountsBusiness.gnucash.gcm
> Personal.gnucash.gcm
> I copied these and ran the program, which identified the two files. I highlighted and clicked each in turn, and was told both times
> No suitable backend was found for file://C:\Users\#######\.gnucash\books\AccountsBusiness.gnucash.gcm.
> 
> How can I get back my books?
> 
> Ian McAllister
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