Hi, A company that I have been doing work for had a computer that the secretary had been using to do the bookkeeping on using Intuit's Quickbooks. The computer crashedd and I was able to revive it and all data was intact. Obvious concerns by the owner to get a new machine arose and I provided the new machine. However, this is where the problem arises. How does one transfer the data from quickbooks from the old computer to read on the new computer? I went to quickbooks website and they were as clear as mud on a definitive answer to my question. I also called their 'support' and the only solution they had was a pay per tech support solution. I can see Intuit heading south with this type of response to customers who already shelled out a lot of money for their software. Is their anyone out there who is familiar with this problem? AMD Athlonxp 3200+ OC Asus A7N8x-deluxe-E ATI AIW 9600pro 2x WD SATA raptors/raid0 Corsair XMS3200 16x Lite-on DVD 48x Lite-on CDRW Aspire Super Alien Case

I would first search for .qbw files. I believe that's where Quickbooks stores its data.

Locate the *.qbw files on the old HD... Copy them to some location on the new HD... Open QB in the new computer and File > Open, point to where you saved the QBW files...

thank you for the advice. Have you tried this and are sure it works? AMD Athlonxp 3200+ OC Asus A7N8x-deluxe-E ATI AIW 9600pro 2x WD SATA raptors/raid0 Corsair XMS3200 16x Lite-on DVD 48x Lite-on CDRW Aspire Super Alien Case

Yes...it works... I have transferred QB files quite a few times for various clients... It you are uncertain...make a copy of the original qbw file and copy THAT copy to the new HD... I like to put my QB files in the My Documents folder...then when it is back up time, I just backup EVERYTHING in the My Documents folder... Make a folder under My Documents and call it QBooks Data, or something you prefer, paste the qbw file in that folder and open Qbooks...go to File > Open and go to wher youo placed the qbw file... Good luck