How to Transfer Quickbooks From an Old Computer to a New One
After installing the same or newer version of Quickbooks on your new computer you can transfer a backup of your old computer’s QuickBooks file. Once the back-up process has completed, you can continue to keep track of rent, schedule payments to vendors and keep record of all your business expenses and income. Additionally, if you aren’t already creating regular backups of your QuickBooks files, you should do so each time you update your account files to ensure you don’t lose valuable financial data.
QuickBooks is a popular accounting app for many small and medium-sized companies which use it to pay invoices, pay or accept payments and much more online. Right now, QuickBooks has already owned more than 4 million businesses users signed for a free trial. With the growing number of QuickBooks users, a variety of problems by using QuickBooks would occur almost every day. And how to transfer QuickBooks to a new PC is one of the top issues to most ordinary users.
What will you do when you need to transfer the QuickBooks to another new computer in Windows 10/9/8? Do you know how to move the QuickBooks App wthe ith data folder to a new machine? We’ve collected two 100% working methods listed below for you to transfer QuickBooks to a new PC without losing any files and data:
Call Quickbooks Toll-Free Number
+1(855)548 3394
QuickBooks 2019 Desktop – Migrate QuickBooks to another Computer
Even though this feature was introduced in a QuickBooks 2018 release update, it is included within Intuit’s list of QuickBooks 2019 features because this is the first year that this feature will have been available for the entire product release. QuickBooks 2019 Desktop (U.S. only) versions include this almost ‘fully automated’ migrator tool for moving QuickBooks Desktop from one computer to a different computer, including your last 3 Company files opened.
To use this feature, you must be the QuickBooks Administrator and you must have Windows Admin privileges for the new computer where QuickBooks will be installed, which must also have Internet connectivity. You also need a USB flash drive with enough free space to hold your QuickBooks files. QuickBooks will even tell you how much space you will need on the flash drive as part of the migration process.
How to transfer Quickbooks to new computer with Windows 10, 8 or 7?
In this article, we’ll see how to transfer Quickbooks (along with other programs) from one computer to another, including reports, company files, .QBM and .QBB files, transactions, data and everything else you need for it to function just as on the old machine.
There are two ways to do the transfer. First option is a manual reinstall. In order to do that, you will need to install a new copy of Quick books on the new computer (assuming you have the installation media, and have the license information written down). Then, you’ll need to find and copy your data, your reports, your settings and configurations. Of course, there is a better way.
In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to transfer Quickbooks completely automatically – using Zinstall WinWin, and copy Quickbooks software, data, reports, settings from the old laptop or deskop to the new one. This tutorial works for XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10. Yes, this does mean that you can transfer Quickbooks even from XP to Windows 10!
How to transfer Quickbooks from one computer to another?
Download Zinstall WinWin on both computers.
Note: You can download WinWin here, and its user guide here.
Run Zinstall WinWin on the old computer.
Run Zinstall WinWin on the new computer.
You don’t need to do any configurations for the computers to connect – it’s automatic.
If the computers are already connect to same router, same Internet connection, or same wireless connection, you don’t need anything else.
If the computers are not connected at all, connect them with a network / Ethernet cable.
If you’d like to select which applications and files you want to transfer, press the Advanced menu. If you just want to transfer everything, you don’t need to go to the Advanced menu. Quickbooks will be transferred automatically.
Press “Go” on the new computer to start the transfer
The transfer will take a while (depending on how much data you have to transfer), and report to you when done.
That’s it! You now have Quickbooks, with all of your data and other programs, on your new computer.
I just got a new computer – how do I transfer my QuickBooks information?
So you just got a new PC (or will be getting one soon). Congratulations!
And now the question arises – “How do I transfer my QuickBooks to the new computer?”
Good news – the process is not hard at all. Here’s how…
HOW TO SET UP QUICKBOOKS ON YOUR NEW COMPUTER
Remember, there are two pieces that work together to form your QuickBooks setup:
The QuickBooks software application (program)
Your QuickBooks data file
STEP 1
Take your QuickBooks CD (or the installation file if you chose the download option when you purchased QuickBooks) and install it on the new computer. Follow the prompts found in the installation wizard, and complete the process.
Be sure to pay careful attention to the prompt that talks about downloading product updates – you’ll want to do that also as part of the installation of the QuickBooks program on your new computer.
ALERT: If you are trying to use an older version of QuickBooks software on your new computer, it may NOT work. Keep in mind that only QuickBooks 2010 and newer versions will run and are supported on Windows 7. Don’t even bother trying to get an older version to work – you will want to purchase an upgrade to your QuickBooks software first.
STEP 2
Now that the QuickBooks program has been installed and updated, go back to your old computer.
Open QuickBooks on it.
Call Quickbooks Toll-Free Number
+1(855)548 3394
Click File (in the menu bar) > Open Previous Company. This will tell you exactly where you QuickBooks data file is located. Make note of the EXACT name of the file as it is listed.
Navigate to that location and copy the file to a flash drive. Take the flash drive and plug it in to your new computer. Make a new folder on your computer called QuickBooks Data (or other name of your choosing) and copy the file from your flash drive to this new folder.
Finally, open QuickBooks. Click File > Open or Restore Company and locate the new file you created above and you’re back in business.