Restoring data you’ve backed up
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Opening the Restore Company Backup window automatically closes the
current company file.
Can I recover data that I entered after my last backup?
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Restoring a backup on a CD, local hard drive, network drive, floppy disk, or other media
Restrictions
In the upper section of the window:
If your backup file is not on your hard drive or on a network drive, insert the CD, floppy disk, or other media in the appropriate drive. file handling, company file, restoring, data, restoring from a backup disk, online backups, QuickBooks company, restoring, restoring data, backups, restoring data, . If the backup is on several floppy disks, insert the first disk in the floppy drive.
In QuickBooks, go to the File menu and click Restore.
The upper Filename field is for the name of the backup. file handling, company file, restoring, data, restoring from a backup disk, online backups, QuickBooks company, restoring, restoring data, backups, restoring data, . This name should not be changed or entered because it's the name of the backup file that already exists. file handling, company file, restoring, data, restoring from a backup disk, online backups, QuickBooks company, restoring, restoring data, backups, restoring data, . Let QuickBooks fill this field in for you when you select the backup file in the next step. file handling, company file, restoring, data, restoring from a backup disk, online backups, QuickBooks company, restoring, restoring data, backups, restoring data, .
In the upper Location field, identify the location of the backup file you want to restore:
Verify that "Disk" is selected.
Click Browse and navigate to the location of the backup file. file handling, company file, restoring, data, restoring from a backup disk, online backups, QuickBooks company, restoring, restoring data, backups, restoring data, . If the backup is on a network drive, click the
"My Network Places" icon in the Restore From window and browse to the network location of the backup. file handling, company file, restoring, data, restoring from a backup disk, online backups, QuickBooks company, restoring, restoring data, backups, restoring data, .
Select the backup file you want to restore in the "Restore From" window and then click Open. file handling, company file, restoring, data, restoring from a backup disk, online backups, QuickBooks company, restoring, restoring data, backups, restoring data, . QuickBooks will fill in the filename of the backup file for you.
In the lower section of the window:
The lower Filename is for the name of the file being created by restoring the backup. file handling, company file, restoring, data, restoring from a backup disk, online backups, QuickBooks company, restoring, restoring data, backups, restoring data, . QuickBooks will automatically use the
name of the backup file as the filename. file handling, company file, restoring, data, restoring from a backup disk, online backups, QuickBooks company, restoring, restoring data, backups, restoring data, . You can change the name of the file by typing in a new filename. file handling, company file, restoring, data, restoring from a backup disk, online backups, QuickBooks company, restoring, restoring data, backups, restoring data, . You can either add the
extension .qbw or let QuickBooks add it for you. file handling, company file, restoring, data, restoring from a backup disk, online backups, QuickBooks company, restoring, restoring data, backups, restoring data, .
If you don't want to overwrite or replace a company file of the same filename, change the filename in the
lower section.
The lower Location field is for the location of the file being restored. file handling, company file, restoring, data, restoring from a backup disk, online backups, QuickBooks company, restoring, restoring data, backups, restoring data, . Note where QuickBooks is
restoring this file (see the Location field.) If you'd like to change the location, click Browse and navigate to the new location. file handling, company file, restoring, data, restoring from a backup disk, online backups, QuickBooks company, restoring, restoring data, backups, restoring data, .
Click Restore.
Respond to any messages
QuickBooks may display.
When the restore process is complete, you will be in the company file that was created from the backup file. file handling, company file, restoring, data, restoring from a backup disk, online backups, QuickBooks company, restoring, restoring data, backups, restoring data, .
Restoring an online backup
If you backed up your company file using the online backup service, you must
restore it through that same service.
Go to the File menu and click Restore.
Click Online to restore a company file that you backed up using the Online
Backup Service (for more information, click "Tell Me More" in the
QuickBooks Backup window).
Click Restore and follow the onscreen directions until you have
retrieved the file.
Go to the File menu and click Open Company.
Select the file you have retrieved and click Open.
Why doesn't the file I restored from the QuickBooks Online Backup Service contain current data?
If you restore a .qbb file through the QuickBooks
Online Backup Service, you may be restoring old data. file handling, company file, restoring, data, restoring from a backup disk, online backups, QuickBooks company, restoring, restoring data, backups, restoring data, . To restore current data retrieve the current .qbw online backup file.
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