Restoring a Backed-Up Organization

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 organizations 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-going program performance.

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

Note: When no companies or organizations are open, the menus and windows display the word Company, rather than the word Organization.

To restore a backed-up organization

Select File/Organization Utilities/Restore Company from the menu bar. The system displays the Restore - Select Companies window.
Complete the Restore - Select Companies window, then click the Next button. The system displays the Restore - Choose Destination window.
Complete the Restore - Choose Destination window, and then click the Next button. The system displays the Restore - Purge History window.
Complete the Restore – Purge History window, and then click the Restore button. The system begins the restore process. The system displays a series of status messages as it decompresses and restores the data. If you are restoring from disks, follow the system’s prompts to insert the disks in the correct order.

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

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

Caution! If you begin to overwrite an existing organization and then you cancel the restore process, the system deletes the organization from the database. You cannot recover it.

If you are restoring more than one organization and you want to replace all of the existing organizations that have the same names as the organizations you are restoring, click the Overwrite All button.

After the system completes the restore process, it returns to the Restore – Purge History window.

Click the Cancel button when the restore is complete to close the Restore – Purge History window.