Hi All, Thank you for all the replies and help. It gives me confidence to ditch MS Money, the only thing preventing me to switch to Linux. I have decided to put my Gnucash file on a USB stick and will try to partition my laptop harddrive so I can duel boot for a while until I am confident with Linux. I hope I won't have too many more questions about Gnucash. I am grateful be part of this supportive community. Cheers, Raymond
On Wed, 13 May 2026, 1:24 am Chris Skudder, <[email protected]> wrote: > Raymond, > I'm not 100% clear on what you mean by: > "use the Windows 7 computer as a backup, in case I muck the change over up" > > IF by this you mean to simply preserve the GnuCash data file itself (and > possibly some of the config files too), then you can copy those files > onto a USB drive and just hold it aside while you work on the > Win10/Linux machine. > > If you want to be able to open and edit the GnuCash file: I don't > believe that will work, based on the other replies to this thread if the > Win 7 GnuCash latest version is a major version earlier than the latest > version on the Win10 machine. I believe GnuCash data files are NOT > backward compatible to older "major versions" -- that is, GC 3.x can not > open a GC file written from a GC 5.x. > > This next part is out-of-scope on a GnuCash forum, but as long as we're > "talking" ... > Here's another approach to moving the Win10 machine to Linux, which > preserves your Win10 environment. I realize not everybody is comfortable > doing this but it's almost always just a couple screws: > Buy a new hard drive (or solid state drive, or whatever) for the computer. > Remove the existing storage drive (carrying Win 10), and put the new > drive in. > This is rarely more than a couple little screws. By now YouTube has 3-5 > minute videos showing exactly how to get to the storage drive in almost > every make+model of computer out there. > > Once the new drive is in, insert your thumb drive with your Linux > operating system installer on it into the computer, + install the Linux > OS just like you would have anyway. But this way, you have your whole > Windows OS on the old drive, sitting safely on the side, in case you > want to go back to it, and holding ALL your data. > > If you're not happy with the new Linux system, just take out the new > storage drive (carrying Linux), and put the old drive (with Windows) > back in. Turn the computer on, it opens up your Windows system right > back where you left off. > > If you do like the Linux system, get a USB adapter to plug the old > (Windows) drive into the copmuter running the new Linux operating > system. The Windows drive comes up as an external USB drive in the Linux > system, and you can copy your files over. You may need to "take > ownership" of the top-level folder in the Windows drive when it's > plugged into Linux as a USB drive. You'll find how to do that in a > minute with a search online. > > FWIW, I moved to Xubuntu Linux years ago. At first I was very cautious > and careful to preserve my Windows OS. There is certainly a little bit > of a learning curve but I "never" had the slightest desire to go back. > The learning curve gets easier with every later version of Linux, and > the answers get easier to find as search tools get better over time. > > Hope some of that helps. > Chris > > Let kindness + truth never leave you; > bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. > - Proverbs 3:3 > > > *From:* [email protected] > > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM EDT > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* gnucash-user Digest, Vol 278, Issue 17 > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 17:26:11 +1200 > > From: Raymond Vogt<[email protected]> > > To: "Maf. King"<[email protected]> > > Cc: GnuCash users group<[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [GNC] Runtime to terminate in an unusual way > > Message-ID: > > < > cae+sop12isr-ktqjzvlj_vupju0ysbzokym8fvbndavcesz...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > Hi Maf. > > Thank you for your reply. > > The screenshot is from the Windows 7 computer. I am in the process of > > changing to Linux on my Windows 10 laptop and hoped to use the Windows 7 > > computer as a backup, in case I muck the change over up. Wish me luck. > > Cheers, > > Raymond > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
