Scenario:
1) My existing Money that I restored to migrate to new computer in Oct 2014 crashed 2 days ago - do not know if the size of the file at 21 mb has anything to do with it - but it would not open after entering correct password.
I was able to open the Sample mny from the Sunset version (the mny file is dated in 2009, is this correct? When I tried Level 2 repair from the Sample file to repair the crashed one, Money told me the utility cannot repair the file.
Despite I have done backup periodically to an USB drive (for whatever reason when I initially did the backup, Money would not back up to the D drive but would back up to the USB), I was not able to find any back up file other than the one that I put
on it in the Oct 2014 migration, no matter what method I tried to search them. So it seems the Oct 2014 is the only mbf that can be used. It would be a real chore to reconstruct the gap between Oct 2014 and Mar 2015 for the detailed levels I keep
the records. Besides. the file contains data from 2003 - I normally only refer back 2 to 3 years from present, and of ten am for curiosity than for necessity,
2) In light of the above, I am inclined to start anew as if the first time to use Money, with the sample file in the Sunset version for the time being. If and when I have time to do the meticulous reconstruction, I would slowly do it.
My questions are:
A) Can I keep both MNY files - the Oct 2014 one, and the new one started from Sample File on the same computer but under DIFFERENT FOLDER, hence different path when accessing them?
B) I have only done Restore from the old file to the new program. If I dont have any file to restore, how do I build my new data file? By just establishing accounts in the Sample File? I tried to delete the accounts in the Sample File,
but when I reopened the file, all the deleted accounts reappeared.
So how do I use the Sunset Version to rebuild a file for my own accounts without using a backup file to restore?
C) One option could be that I create a new file that only contains last 3 years records and save it in a different folder different name. I suppose this can be done by doing lengthy deletion of data started from 2003? This would give me a much
slimmed down file and then I can use it to perform restore.
To temporary fill the gap I would enter dummy adjustments to the accounts so their balances would be in sync with current reality instead of the old data in Oct 2014. The adjustment account(s) would be dummy accounts set up under Asset as a catch all
for all the in-out entries.
Current data would be entered as actual data, with the beginning balances brought to match the real things thru the adjustments.
With the wisdom from the community, I am hoping to hear suggestions from anyone who come upon this and I truly appreciate your inputs.
Thank You very much for all your helps.
