Backing Up Quicken

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Your Quicken data should be included in your backupA set of copies of your files on our servers. by default if you chose Automatic Setup when you installed Carbonite on your computer. You can view the backup status of a file by navigating to its location on the computer and viewing the colored status dot on the file and/or folder.

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Quicken data files normally have the file extension of .QDF (Quicken Data File), and they are typically stored in one of the following locations:

Windows XP

• C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]Your [User Name] will vary depending on how you set up your computer. If you do not see your own name, your files are most likely in something generic, such as Owner or User.\My Documents\Quicken\

Windows Vista

• C:\Users\[User Name]Your [User Name] will vary depending on how you set up your computer. If you do not see your own name, your files are most likely in something generic, such as Owner or User.\Documents\Quicken\

Windows 7 and newer

• C:\Users\[User Name]Your [User Name] will vary depending on how you set up your computer. If you do not see your own name, your files are most likely in something generic, such as Owner or User.\My Documents\Quicken\

Older versions of Quicken

• C:\Program Files\Quicken\

If colored status dots do not appear on your Quicken files and/or folders, you can right-click them and select Carbonite; Back this up to include the files in your backup set. Doing so will queue the files for back up and upload any changes made to them to the Carbonite servers.

To minimize any possible difficulties you may have with backing up or restoring your Quicken data, please save your work regularly and close the Quicken program after you have finished your updates.