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In our preceding movie, we talked in terms of creating a backup. A backup is a wonderful way to store our file; however, you must remember that to open a backup, you must go to the Restore Backup File Command. You can not double click on a file and open a backup. If you'd like just a copy, say, for example, to move to another machine or to be able to access from another location, use File Operations. You'll notice it's just about Backups and the File Operations allows me to copy, delete or rename the file. It even allows me to make a year-end copy and you'll notice it validates my data. Validation is a way of ensuring that the file has closed off properly. Now, in the case of a copy, always use this feature from Quicken. Never make a copy of your file in Windows. Quicken does not exist of just one file. There are a number of files that actually make up your data. When you make a copy in Windows, you could miss one of those files. By using the File Operations within Quicken, you'll always ensure that all the files are put together in one location. Where is that location that Quicken is going to be stored? Well, it's going to be varied by your actual operating system. For instance, if you use Windows XP, your default location is under Documents and Settings, your user name, My Documents and then you'll see a folder called Quicken. If you are using Windows Vista, you're location is one of two. It could be under C, Users, Limited, then Documents or C, Users, Administrative and then Documents. These are the standard default locations for all of Quicken. The second component to be aware of is that there are indeed a number of files that incorporate your data. What files you have depends on how you use Quicken. Remember, we have Investment, we have Business. Each of these different sections will actually create their own file. Now, you'll know your Quicken files because they will all have the first name be the same at the beginning. Traditionally the default will be QData. Then, after QData, you'll see an extension of qdf data file, qel electronics, qph prior history, idx an index and so on. Again, the files that you will see will depend on how you're using Quicken. You have the opportunity now to do a backup or a copy. Just understand the differences between both of them. Each of them will serve the same purpose, get you back into your data should anything go wrong.