QuickBooks Point of Sale Support to Create and Restore Backup Files

The major concern of any QuickBooks user is to keep their data secure. The best way to secure your data is by creating a backup copy of your company file. In this article, you will get to know how you can create or restore backup files in QuickBooks desktop point of sale. Our QuickBooks support team will guide you through all the steps and procedure to create restore and test the backup file.

Make sure you always follow the procedure before you go for either of the following:

•    Software uninstallation

•    Data import

•    Shifting the software from one computer to another

Steps to create a backup of your file:

1.    Go to the file menu and select Backup data.

2.    Specify the location for backup.

       a.    Choose default location if you wish to keep the data backup to the default folder on the local hard drive.

      b.    Choose specify an alternate location and enter the path or browse to the backup location and enter a file name to keep the data backup to back up to a network drive or removable media.

3.    Click on backup and then finish. This will create a backup of your file.

Steps to restore the backup you created:

Since a backup is a compressed copy of your company file, it cannot be opened in the same way as your company file is opened. It is stored in a location outside the company data folder and must be decompressed before it can be opened in Quickbooks point of sale support. Restoring the file will help you decompress and open the backup file that you created.

1.  Go to the File menu, and select Company Operations.

2. Click the Restore from Backup radio button In the Start Company window and click next.

3.    Specify the location where you have created the backup to restore from

a.    Select Restore from default backups, if it located in the default folder on the local hard drive and choose the backup file from the list displayed.

b.    Select Browse to alternate backup file if the backup is located in network drive or removable media, and enter the path or browse to the location of the backup file.

4.    Click Next and then Close.

QuickBooks Desktop Point of Sale will uncompress and copy the backup files into your working directory. You will be prompted to insert sequential restore disks if required.

Steps to Test the backup and restore functions:

1.    Follow the steps described above to create a backup copy of your company file.

2.    The user needs to create a new customer in the data file using a fictitious name.

3.    Go to the File menu and select Restore Backup File.

4.    Choose the backup created in step 1. (Ensure that you choose the correct backup. You can check that by identifying the date and time of creation)

5.    Click OK and YES to confirm and then click OK again.

6.    When the restore process completes on the screen, click ok

7.    Look for the customer name you created in step 2.

If you do not find the customer name in this file, it ensures that the backup and restore processes are working well. Since the customer was created after the backup was created so it should not appear in the folder.

For more information or queries, reach our QuickBooks Support team at 1-800-731-1629.