Backing up and Restoring a company file in Quickbooks

 Backing up and Restoring a company file in           Quickbooks.

Your backup file in the contains your company data up to the date the backup was made. Make sure you restore the most recent file.

QuickBooks Follow these steps to restore a local backup from a CD and USB flash drive local hard drive network folder or other media. If you backed up your company file is using to the service provided by QuickBooks Online Backup you must restore it through that same service.

Restrictions: Because your backup copy is in a compressed file format you must use the restore wizard to bring the data back into QuickBooks. Do not use the Copy command from Windows.
 perform the below mentioned steps to restore the backup files:

1.      If your backup file is not on your hard disk or in a network folder, insert the CD, USB flash drive, or other storage device in the appropriate drive.

2.      In QuickBooks, go to the File menu and click Open or Restore Company to open the restore wizard.

3.      Click Restore a backup copy QuickBooks backup and then click Next.

4.      Click Local backup and The Open Backup Copy window opens.

5.      If needed click the Look in drop-down arrow and the navigate to the location where you saved the backup file which is the  QuickBooks backup file extension for example   company name QuickBooks Enterprise Backup.

6.      Select the backup file and click Open.

7.      Click Next.

8.      If needed, click the Save in drop-down arrow and navigate to the location where you want to restore the backup file.

9.      Select the backup file and respond to any messages QuickBooks may display.

Note:

 QuickBooks finds a company file with the same name in the folder you specified QuickBooks asks whether want to replace the existing file. If you click Replace QuickBooks erases the existing file and replaces it with the file your  restoring. If you  not certain  the existing file erased click Cancel and give the file your restoring a different name.