How to transfer ezCheckPrinting and check data to a new computer if the old computer is crashed

Please follow the steps below to transfer ezCheckPrinting data to a new computer.

Option 1: If your old computer is still running

If you still be able to run ezCheckPrinting on your old computer, you can use ezCheckPrinting database backup and restore function to move your data data.

If you an accountants and have many client check accounts, it will be faster if you move the data manually. You can refer this article to move multiple accounts manually.

Option 2: If your computer stopped running

Step 1: Copy the data to the USB disk

Connect to the hard driver of the old computer and search for the ezCheckPrinting database files.

The database file is .mdb (Microsoft Database) file. You can copy the mdb files to your USB disk

The default data folder is:
C:/Users/Public/Documents/Halfpricesoft/ezCheckPrinting

Note: Do not open the database file (.mdb file) manually. You can read the data with ezCheckPrinting.

select account menu

Step 2: Download and install the CORRECT version of ezCheckPrinting on the new computer

ezCheckPrinting download links for current and previous versions
https://www.halfpricesoft.com/download.asp#ezCheckPrinting

Note: The license codes for different versions are different. For example: if you purchased the previous version 5 for XP computer, you need to purchase the new license to use ezCheckPrinting version 9 on Windows 11.

If you have any question, you can refer to this guide about How to update or rollback ezCheckprinting

Step 3: Copy the data from USB disk to the data folder on the new computer.

The default data folder is:
C:/Users/Public/Documents/Halfpricesoft/ezCheckPrinting

Step 4: Switch the current ezCheckPrinting account to view data

Start ezCheckPrinting, click the top menu "Accounts" then "select account". You can should be able to see all the accounts there and switch the current account.

select account menu

Step 5: Change the "Check After" date to view more checks (optional)

Step 6: Transfer license

How to reset license for a new computer if the old computer is crashed?

How to register license

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