Recommended backup routine
Back up your data at the end of each session or each day. file handling, company file, backing up, data, backing up, QuickBooks company, backing up, backups, about, . You can:
Have QuickBooks back up your data file when you close it with no prompting
from you.
Manually back up your data. file handling, company file, backing up, data, backing up, QuickBooks company, backing up, backups, about, . You can even have QuickBooks
remind you to back up your company file each time
you close it (or at whatever interval is convenient for you).
Schedule automated daily backups either to your
local media or to a remote site by using the
Online Backup service (for more information, click "Tell Me More" in
the QuickBooks Backup window).
A combination of the above (for example, schedule daily backups but manually
run the backups you take offsite).
Which should I choose?
If you back up locally and your hard disk has more than one drive, back up
onto a different drive from the one where you keep your working data. file handling, company file, backing up, data, backing up, QuickBooks company, backing up, backups, about, . If you
have only one hard disk drive, back up onto a removable medium such as 3.5 inch
diskettes, Zip disk, CD-ROM or tape. file handling, company file, backing up, data, backing up, QuickBooks company, backing up, backups, about, . Remember that an important purpose for
backing up data is to protect against a hard disk failure.
Each day, back up onto removable media to keep in the office. file handling, company file, backing up, data, backing up, QuickBooks company, backing up, backups, about, . (If you're
using 3.5 inch diskettes that need to be formatted prior to backup, do not
choose Quick Format. file handling, company file, backing up, data, backing up, QuickBooks company, backing up, backups, about, . Instead, choose Full Format.)
The first time you do a daily backup, we suggest that you make
several sets of backup disks and label the sets "QuickBooks Backup
Monday," "QuickBooks Backup Tuesday," etc.
At least once a month, make a backup copy to keep off your premises.
For your monthly backups, you may want to alternate between two
sets of disks. file handling, company file, backing up, data, backing up, QuickBooks company, backing up, backups, about, . If disaster strikes your office, you'll want to have a
reliable record of your data to fall back on.
At the end of your fiscal year, make a copy of your data to keep
off-premises.
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