How To Restore a backup company file

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Restore a backup company file

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• This article guides you through the steps in
  restoring a backup copy of your company file.
• Reminder Once a company file has been converted
  to a later version of QuickBooks, it cannot be
  opened in any former version. If you want to view
  data that predates a conversion to a new
  QuickBooks version and you made a backup of the
  old company file before doing the conversion, you
  can restore the old backup file in the former
  version of QuickBooks. You must re-enter any
  information you have entered in QuickBooks since
  the conversion to bring your accounts up to date.

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To restore your company file from a backup

• 1. From The QuickBooks File Menu, Click Open Or
  Restore Company.
• 2. Select Open Or Restore a Backup Copy Then
  Click Next.
• 3. Select Local Backup And Click Next.
• 4. From the Look In The Drop-Down, Choose The
  Location Of The Backup File.
• 5. Select The Backup File (The File Name Should
  Appear As Company Name.qbb.).
• 6. Click Open gt Next.
• 7. From the Save-in Drop-Down, Choose The
  Location Where You Wants To Restore The File.
• 8. In The File Name Field, Type a New File Name.
  Note That Save As Type Field Should Automatically
  Populate QuickBooks Files (.QBW).
• 9. Click Save Then Carefully Read And Respond To
  Any Messages That Appear Before Restoration
  Begins.

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Reminders when saving restored files

• Important If at any time, you receive one of the
  following messages, click No.
• Filename.qbw already exists. Do you wish to
  replace it?
• You are Choosing to Overwrite an Existing company
  file. Are you sure?
• If you click yes in reply to these messages, your
  replaced file will overwrite with your existing
  File. Instead of, enter a temporary file name
  with a.qbw extension in the filename field. when
  you are certain the replaced file is working
  correctly and contains the correct data, you can
  rename the replaced file to the original file
  name, which will safely overwrite the
  original.qbw file.

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For users with Assisted Payroll (US only)

• If you have accommodate Payroll you may display
  the following message after restoring the file
• "This QuickBooks file may be misplaced some of
  the Payroll Data that you have already sent to
  the Payroll Service. Before generating any new
  transactions, you need to restore the missing
  data by clicking Send Payroll Data from the
  Employees menu and then clicking the 'Send
  button'."
• Click Send only if the Items to Send field
  contains 0 Paychecks for 0.00. If there are
  transactions listed, you may send replicate
  transactions to the Payroll Service. Contact
  Payroll Support to examine what items have
  already been sent.

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Errors opening file

• Use these resources to resolve company file
  errors and issues.
• A company file is missing or cannot be found
• Error H101, H202, H303, or H505 when opening your
  company file
• Error -6000, -77 when opening a company file
• Troubleshoot multi-user problems
• Resolve Problems Opening QuickBooks Desktop or
  your Company File