Jose, Don't worry about recovering those /dll files, they are part of the GnuCash program that is freshly installed in your new SSD.
On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 12:18 PM Jose A. Lorido III <fhcata...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi John, > > Thanks for reaching out... > > What I meant by Desktop was that I have, apart from my laptop, a Desktop > Computer where the Gnucash Program is also installed. > > I went to the link you suggested and saw that the default for data files > are at: MyAccounts.gnucash.20140131150812.gnucash. The Folder recovered > contains a Gnucash Folder but I cannot see any .gnucash files. > > I took a snippet of the recovered files from my HDD drive that was damaged > and have attached it, and you can see that the Gnucash folder contains 2 > .dll files. Are these my data files, or could they be inside any other > folder that was recovered? > > Appreciate your help, > > Jose > > > > On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 12:51 PM John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Apr 11, 2021, at 9:33 AM, Jose A. Lorido III <fhcata...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > To whomever may be able to help, > > > > > > I have been using Gnucash for my business as well as my personal > > accounting > > > on the HDD drive of my laptop. A few weeks ago, my HDD was damaged and > > > unfortunately, I had not backed up any of my data for the previous 3 > > years. > > > > > > I sent my damaged HDD to SalvageData and they were able to recover a > > number > > > of files, some of these belonging to the Gnucash program. > > > > > > The question would be to anyone that may be able to help me is: > > > > > > 1) Which files/folders contain my data files (what would be the > > extensions > > > I should look for)? > > > > > > and > > > > > > 2) How would I go about downloading them into my new SSD drive on my > > > laptop, or I could also download them to my desktop which also contains > > the > > > Gnucash program? > > > > > > Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated, > > > > 1) See https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup. > > > > Your Desktop is just a folder in your user directory on the new SSD. We > > often get complaints about clutter from users who put their GnuCash data > > file on the desktop so we recommend putting it in dedicated folder in > their > > user or documents folder. Mine is cleverly named "Accounts". > > > > The data recovery service should give you instructions about how to > > transfer the recovered files to your computer. > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
