Re: [GNC] Gnucash after factory reset

2025-03-28 Thread Murugan Mariappan
Search in your back up drive where you have stored *.gnucash files. copy the whole directory including the backup files, then launch the latest file ending with .gnucash Saludos Cordiales Murugan From: gnucash-user on behalf of John Bickerton Sent: 27

Re: [GNC] Gnucash after factory reset

2025-03-28 Thread Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user
On 3/28/2025 9:15 AM, Murugan Mariappan wrote: Search in your back up drive where you have stored *.gnucash files. copy the whole directory including the backup files, then launch the latest file ending with .gnucash This is a MUCH more global problem than just gnucash data. You didn't say

Re: [GNC] Return of capital, lots & accurate gains

2025-03-28 Thread Geoff
Hi Chris Like you, I use Lots to automatically generate Realized Gain/Loss transactions. IMHO this is the correct approach: > each lot I continued to own, I created two splits: one selling for its > original cost basis and another buying for the lot’s adjusted, reduced > cost basis. Then in

[GNC] Gnucash after factory reset

2025-03-28 Thread John Bickerton
I have recently backed up my entire hard drive to an external disk drive and then done a factory reset of my machine. Gnucash has been installed on the reset system OK but I can't find out how to transfer all my data from the backup drive. Can anyone please help? John Bickerton

Re: [GNC] Gnucash after factory reset

2025-03-28 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
Copy the file back? ⁣David T.​ On Mar 28, 2025, 12:43 PM, at 12:43 PM, John Bickerton wrote: >I have recently backed up my entire hard drive to an external disk >drive and then done a factory reset of my machine. Gnucash has been >installed on the reset system OK but I can't find out how to tra

Re: [GNC] Gnucash after factory reset

2025-03-28 Thread Geoff Jankowski via gnucash-user
Hi If i understand you correctly you have not just backed up Gnucash but the entire drive. I do not know what OS you use but you will need to put the drive into a case or other machine to make it live, connect it to your restored machine (usb?) and use a disk utility or utilities to locate an