Hp older pc, No monitor signal. Replaced motherboard..

Have an older pc not sure model number. All of the sudden the monitor stopped getting signal. Tried to replace the mother board with a HP Pavilion 5187-5226 as i believe the graphics card is part of the motherboard. Still no dice.

I am trying to get this pc running bc i need to get me microsoft accounting 2008 running again for my business. 

I purchased a new pc but cant seem to successfully get my database onto the new pc.

Please help. Thanks

Getting the file is fairly easy, but how you go about getting it varies, now would I be right in saying no matter what you do you can't see any display ?

If this is the case then there are 2 ways to do this, but what you have to work with is the limiting factor, the first way is do you have a video card you can put in so you can see, and get the file(s) you need ?

The only other way that is free, and relatively simple is to remove the hard drive from the faulty system, and put it into the new system, you will then be able to get your files directly from the drive, by accessing it just like a slave drive, you would just need to navigate to the file(s) via Computer - "C" Drive (or whatever it's named as, if it's even there) - Users etc.

To do this you will need to open up both cases, the faulty system to remove the hard drive, and the new one to add the drive, we can guide on how and what to do, just let us know what your like in doing such things (basically are you comfortable doing it), and we can go from there, but we will need more details before we start to make sure things go smooth, and that is the make and model of the drive in the faulty system, and the motherboard in your new system, with this we can tell how and where to connect the drive, do you want to do this ?

Correct. It Just says no signal. 

Video card ? I am not sure a pc this age you can swap the video card. i swapped the mother board but no success.

I thought maybe the processor heatsink was lose, not sure if that can cause a problem. I read something about contact gel.

I already have the old hd hooked up to the new pc. I can see some files and folders. But no where can i find the file or way to import my database into microsoft office accounting.

Right if your already hooked up the drive from the failed system your just about there, can you remember where you saved it (the files location) ?

You just go into that drive just like you would any other drive, then simply navigate to where it is, to begin with you will see the windows and programs folders etc.

You need to go into the folder marked as Users, then go into the folder of the account you were using (your name or whatever you called it), from there you will see the main folders you are used too, so if it's in your my Doc's then go into that folder, and just keep going until you get to where it is saved.

Should that not have any luck, or you want a lazier way to do it, go into the folder, then in the top right corner (near enough) of the window, you will see a search box, just type the name of the file you want to find then hit Enter, it will then search that entire drive, if that still fails then we can try a wild card search, type

*.file-extension

Replace file-extension with the name of the file type you saved it as, if you go Here, you will find a guide as to the file extensions, and it also tells your the default save location as best I can figure, following that way in should get you straight there, just remember in your mind you follow these on the slave (problem system) drive, they are laid out the exact same way, see if this helps.

Well its a program. Office accounting 08. I can copy and paste the program or dowload it again on the new pc. But i have no idea how to get my info database in there. I guess i need some help with someone familiar with the program to tell me where to look and what type of file i need to find. 

Although I don't know the program, I should be able to help you find the file, but I also need your input to help with this, with a file name (the name you saved the file as) you can search for it, knowing the format it was saved in will also help as the link above gives the default save locations, so your file "should be" in one of those folders or your My Doc's.

You can't copy and paste the program into the new system, it would have to be a fresh install, which you will need to do anyway as that's what you have created it with, unless you were looking to use a different program ?

I did just have a thought, have you tried to launch the program from the problem system drive ?

To do this navigate into the Programs folder on that drive (NOT the new systems drive), go into the folder that contains the program you have been using, then double click on the specific program to launch it.

I honestly don't know if this will work, but it can't hurt to try, and if it does work you should be able to access your file the way you always have done, so if this does work, open your file as normal in the program, then select to Save As,,, then when the box comes up, select to save it to your desktop of the new system, then install the program (shutting down the other one first) on the new system, which will automatically associate the files types, and you will be able to use you file the way you have done in the past.

I would suggest not installing the program again until you have tried this, see if it will run from the other drive first, I know it's a long shot, but if it works it will be the easiest way for you to do it, also make sure there are no other files you want while you are in there, and repeat until you have all you need, but in future you need to adopt a safeguard to avoid this in the future, for ease of finding I suggest creating a folder in your My Doc's then select to Save As… and navigate to that folder, that way you know where the files are.

I also strongly suggest creating backup's of the important files (anything you need to keep safe), and the more important the data is, the more often you back it up, when a system goes bad you can lose everything in the worst case, so keeping backup's on a separate external drive, and\or disks\thumb drives is a must, worst case you still have the data as it was from the last backup, so you would only lose the data since the last back up, anyway see if this helps, if not I will dig deeper to see what I can find.

Hi, v6rs97 lots of excellent information there from 8210GUY

Why don't you just import your data base file from your last set of backups into a new installation of your application on a new computer?

That would be the simple solution.

You data base should normally be contained within a .sbb file format so if for any reason your back up strategy has failed you on this occasion, but you can still access your old hard drive then this is the file you need to get hold of.

If you follow the links below, it should help:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/accounting-help/import-data-from-a-microsoft-office-accounting-backup-file-HP001167088.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HP001127024

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/accounting-help/about-data-files-HP001167128.aspx

Regards

paws

i am not sure i ever backed up the file. lemme try this and see. Thanks guys

I can not seem to find any of those file types in my accounting folder. Most files are .dll

Even wheni did a clean install on the new pc and try to create a new company… I get a fail message 3.0.8627.1

i did just manage to find in the microsoft sql server folder some company files.

What i found was the company with a .sbd extension

i think i found the company file but now it tells me i have to upgrade office accounting to get it to work… ugh !!

Right install the software you used previously on the new system, but you would need to get the version that works on your new OS, once you have that installed things will hopefully start working out, if you tried to run the program by launching it from the old drive as I suggested, and couldn't, that may well be due to incompatibility of the new OS, so installing the correct version will hopefully get round this, once this is installed you should easily be able to open the files you have found, see if this helps.

I tried to update office accounting but when i register it i get error "32780"

I am finding it very hard to find out much about this software, so I can only offer generic troubleshooting at this stage, the first thing to check is that the software you are trying to install is compatible with your new OS, if it is not listed as compatible then it won't work, that said you can select to install via compatibility mode, but no way to know if it would work.

Assuming it is suitable for your OS, then try the following, disconnect the system from the internet (it will keep you safe while doing the next steps), now pause\exit\stop ALL real time protection your using, the vast majority have such options under right clicking on them, so 1 at a time shut them down, if your using Windows Defender as an anti virus, you will need to go to the control panel, double click on it's icon (they are listed alphabetically, so easy to find), then click on the Settings tab, then uncheck the box, and save the setting change, now see if you can install it like you normally would.

The reason for this is sometimes protection can block certain installs, because it finds there is a risk in allowing it, now with a genuine program we know there is no problem, but 3rd party stuff then it's the luck of the draw, either way it's just doing it's job, albeit too well, so make sure you shut down all you can before trying,  once you have finished (whatever the result), go back into Defender and put the check mark back and save it, then reboot the system, this will load all the protection as per normal, after this you can connect to the net again, but doing this removes the risk of getting an infection while you have no protection, hoping this works.

can i ask is there an easy way to fix my original problem pc that way i can get into my program, jot down all data and manualy re enter it on a new pc ?