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Backing Up Your Companies

Working with Companies

Restoring a Backed-Up Company

If you ever lose data due to a computer-related problem, or if you want to restore data to a previous state, you will need to restore the companies you have backed up.

During the restore process, you can choose whether to delete the Depreciate history events from the backed-up database that you are restoring. Deleting unwanted Depreciate history events can decrease the size of the database, speed up the restore process, and improve on on-going program performance.

You must close any open company prior to initiating a restore. You can restore the company to the same database as the original company or to another database.

To restore a backed-up company
  1. Select File/Company Utilities/Restore Company from the menu bar. The Restore - Select Companies window appears.
  2. Complete the Restore - Select Companies window, and then select Next when finished. The Restore - Choose Destination window appears.
  3. Complete the Restore - Choose Destination window, and then select the Next button. The Restore - Purge History window appears.
  4. Complete the Restore - Purge History window, and then select the Restore button. The restore process begins. A series of status messages appears as it decompresses and restores the data. If you are restoring from disks, follow the prompts to insert the disks in the correct order.

Note: If you are restoring a backed-up company with the same name as a company already existing in the selected database, the Restore - Rename Company window appears.

  • To rename the company that you are restoring, type a new name in the New Company Name field, and then select the Rename button.
  • To replace the existing company that has the same name as the company you are restoring, select the Overwrite button.

Caution! If you begin to overwrite an existing company and then you cancel the restore process, the company is deleted from the database. You cannot recover it.

  • If you are restoring more than one company and you want to replace all of the existing companies that have the same names as the companies you are restoring, select the Overwrite All button.
  1. Select the Cancel button when the restore is complete to close the Restore - Purge History window.