I am using Quicken 2003 and have tried several times to convert the .QDF
file to Money 2005. We keep getting the error message about " running out
of disk space or insufficent memory". We then did the validate and super
validate and had the same error message. What is going on? Anyone have an
answer? Or, do we ask for a refund from Microsoft?

TIA

Re: Quicken Conversion Problem by via_newsgroup

via_newsgroup
Tue Oct 19 11:51:26 CDT 2004

In microsoft.public.money, KRRH wrote:

>I am using Quicken 2003 and have tried several times to convert the .QDF
>file to Money 2005. We keep getting the error message about " running out
>of disk space or insufficent memory". We then did the validate and super
>validate and had the same error message. What is going on? Anyone have an
>answer? Or, do we ask for a refund from Microsoft?

There is a significant update to Microsoft Money that can download,
and it may make the conversion work. Let Money 2005 create an empty
Money file. Let updates occur.

Then do File->ConvertQuickenFile.

Rick Hess posted that in Quicken you can select File->Copy, and let
it make a copy of your file. This routine will, among other
things, defragment your file. Then convert the copy.

Change all custom types to standard Quicken types. Any custom type
will be converted to type Mutual Fund by Money.

Consider having a minimum of other things running when you do
the conversion in Money.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310560
describes Clean boot etc.

If the above are not successful, consider Super-Validate in
Quicken. Hold Ctrl+Shift keys down during the Validate process.
However http://www.intuit.com/support/quicken/2003/win/6148.html
warns of unneeded super-validate.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;136112
probably does not have new info for you, unless you would like to
consider QIF export/import.



Re: Quicken Conversion Problem by via_newsgroup

via_newsgroup
Tue Oct 19 12:06:48 CDT 2004

In microsoft.public.money, KRRH wrote:

>I am using Quicken 2003 and have tried several times to convert the .QDF
>file to Money 2005.

One more thing. It is good to convert any custom investment types to
standard types before conversion. I don't have a list of the
standard types, but I suspect they are mutual fund, stock, bond,
money market fund.

If Money runs into a customized type during a conversion, it will
usually assume it is a mutual fund.