[GNC] New computer to set up gnucash and migrate from old.

Mike or Penny Novack stepbystepfarm at comcast.net
Mon Jun 17 13:55:41 EDT 2019


On 6/17/2019 12:58 PM, Randy Rosebrock wrote:
> Under normal default install where are these files location I need to 
> copy from?
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 8:49 AM Mike or Penny Novack 
> <stepbystepfarm at comcast.net <mailto:stepbystepfarm at comcast.net>> wrote:

Since you did not tell us the operating system of the old computer (and 
I do not know for Windows 10) I can't tell you where your user data lives.

Pretty much all modern operating systems (last decade or two) support 
multiple users (multiple SEQUENTIAL users) and each would have his or 
her own data area. Probably something like ..../users/username/   
(that's the name you log in as)   So if you are doing a full data backup 
for a user, that is the directory (aka "file folder") you would copy 
into something like ../backups/backup20190617 on your backup drive (say 
a large USB drive)

You DO make backups? On some regular basis? Yes?   << remember, it is 
not IF a computer will fail but WHEN? >>

Michael D Novack


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