[GNC] Trying to download Gnucash data Files

[David Carlson]

Jose,

If any other readers of this list wish to volunteer, that is probably the
only feedback you will get here.  However, the accountants that you are
already working with may be able to tell you if they can help or if they
can offer referrals.

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 5:11 PM Jose A. Lorido III <fhcatares at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Is there anyone in the Miami, FL area that could help with this on a
> consultancy-fee basis?
>
> Thanks for any input............
>
>
> Kind Regards
> *Jose A. Lorido III*
> Managing Director
>
> *Infrastructure Engineering & Procurement Company LLC (IEPCO)*
> *Continental International Supply Company (CISCO)*
> *FHC Atares Group LLC*
> 100 Edgewater Drive, #345
> Coral Gables, FL 33133
> Tel: (305) 215-5076
> E-Mails: IEPCO at aol.com, ciscosupply at aol.com, FHCAtares at gmail.com
>  [image: GIFlogoColorSmall.gif]
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 1:17 PM Jose A. Lorido III <fhcatares at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi John,
> >
> > Thanks for reaching out...
> >
> > What I meant by Desktop was that I have, apart from my laptop, a Desktop
> > Computer where the Gnucash Program is also installed.
> >
> > I went to the link you suggested and saw that the default for data files
> > are at:  MyAccounts.gnucash.20140131150812.gnucash. The Folder recovered
> > contains a Gnucash Folder but I cannot see any .gnucash files.
> >
> > I took a snippet of the recovered files from my HDD drive that was
> damaged
> > and have attached it, and you can see that the Gnucash folder contains 2
> > .dll files. Are these my data files, or could they be inside any other
> > folder that was recovered?
> >
> > Appreciate your help,
> >
> > Jose
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 12:51 PM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> > On Apr 11, 2021, at 9:33 AM, Jose A. Lorido III <fhcatares at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > To whomever may be able to help,
> >> >
> >> > I have been using Gnucash for my business as well as my personal
> >> accounting
> >> > on the HDD drive of my laptop. A few weeks ago, my HDD was damaged and
> >> > unfortunately, I had not backed up any of my data for the previous 3
> >> years.
> >> >
> >> > I sent my damaged HDD to SalvageData and they were able to recover a
> >> number
> >> > of files, some of these belonging to the Gnucash program.
> >> >
> >> > The question would be to anyone that may be able to help me is:
> >> >
> >> > 1) Which files/folders contain my data files (what would be the
> >> extensions
> >> > I should look for)?
> >> >
> >> > and
> >> >
> >> > 2) How would I go about downloading them into my new SSD drive on my
> >> > laptop, or I could also download them to my desktop which also
> contains
> >> the
> >> > Gnucash program?
> >> >
> >> > Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated,
> >>
> >> 1) See https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup.
> >>
> >> Your Desktop is just a folder in your user directory on the new SSD. We
> >> often get complaints about clutter from  users who put their GnuCash
> data
> >> file on the desktop so we recommend putting it in dedicated folder in
> their
> >> user or documents folder. Mine is cleverly named "Accounts".
> >>
> >> The data recovery service should give you instructions about how to
> >> transfer the recovered files to your computer.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> John Ralls
> >>
> >>
> >>
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David Carlson