- Aug 10, 2014
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I'm not a gamer, just a small business owner. I need a reliable computer and have found some very good advice on this forum, especially when rebuilding my computer a few weeks ago.
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I purchased and installed Quicken Home & Business 2014 in May to keep the books for my very small and simple home business. Two months later my motherboard died due to a power supply failure (cold solder joint in PS) which in turn fried my processor. I scavenged what I could from the old computer (mainly box, CD/DVD drive, and a couple of fans) and then bought a new motherboard, chip, hard drive, and power supply. I was able to recover all my data which was a blessing. I kept my old hard drive in my computer, but it's a little flaky having some bad sectors from the PS issue. I now boot from my new hard drive, even though I can boot from the old hard drive if I have to. I tried going to my old hard drive and starting Quicken, but it won't start. It probably would if I booted from the old hard drive, though. I've re-installed most of my other software, since most of it doesn't have a limit on the number of times it can be installed.
Question: Is there a way to move the software over to the new hard drive without re-installing? Or will I need to re-install it on the new hard drive. If I have to re-install, will this use up a 2nd of my 3 installs. I really need to install this on my laptop for when I travel with my business and on my husband's computer since he does the taxes and personal checkbook from there. He is currently running a much older version of Quicken which might not read the H&B files. I had not installed it on either of these computers because I was still setting up the initial data on my computer when everything died.
I'd like to think that Intuit would give me an installation forgiveness because of my computer failing so close to the installation, but I'm not holding my breath on that
Thanks,
Alisa
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I purchased and installed Quicken Home & Business 2014 in May to keep the books for my very small and simple home business. Two months later my motherboard died due to a power supply failure (cold solder joint in PS) which in turn fried my processor. I scavenged what I could from the old computer (mainly box, CD/DVD drive, and a couple of fans) and then bought a new motherboard, chip, hard drive, and power supply. I was able to recover all my data which was a blessing. I kept my old hard drive in my computer, but it's a little flaky having some bad sectors from the PS issue. I now boot from my new hard drive, even though I can boot from the old hard drive if I have to. I tried going to my old hard drive and starting Quicken, but it won't start. It probably would if I booted from the old hard drive, though. I've re-installed most of my other software, since most of it doesn't have a limit on the number of times it can be installed.
Question: Is there a way to move the software over to the new hard drive without re-installing? Or will I need to re-install it on the new hard drive. If I have to re-install, will this use up a 2nd of my 3 installs. I really need to install this on my laptop for when I travel with my business and on my husband's computer since he does the taxes and personal checkbook from there. He is currently running a much older version of Quicken which might not read the H&B files. I had not installed it on either of these computers because I was still setting up the initial data on my computer when everything died.
I'd like to think that Intuit would give me an installation forgiveness because of my computer failing so close to the installation, but I'm not holding my breath on that
Thanks,
Alisa
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