How to Restore QuickBooks From a Backup

The QuickBooks Online Backup service provides a method to store your organization's financial backup files online. The backups are scheduled to occur automatically, you could also run a backup manually. As soon as your information is restored, the information in your QuickBooks program gets replaced with all the latest data stored online. The QuickBooks Online Backup service uses Web Restore to bring back your backups, and if you have got Inuit Data Protect, you can restore directly from QuickBooks. If you don't have an internet backup service subscription, you can easily restore the most recent backup from your local disk drive or external storage device. For more information about Restore QuickBooks Company File, please get in touch with us.

Download Backup File Using Web Restore
1. Navigate to the "QuickBooks Online Backup Login" website (link in Resources).
2. Enter your credentials within the Account ID and Password fields.
3. Click the "Web Restore" button. Install the ActiveX control, if prompted.
4. Complete any of the actions requested by the onscreen prompts. The instructions can vary greatly depending on the configuration of your system.
5. Create a folder on your own desktop and name it "Backup" when prompted to choose a restoration location.
6. Click "Restore," and then complete the procedure to displace a nearby backup file.
Restore Local Backup File
1. Insert the CD or other external storage device which contains your backup in the event the backup is not situated on your hard disk drive.
2. Click the "File" menu in QuickBooks, and then click "Open or Restore Company."
3. Click "Restore a Backup Copy," and then click "Next."
4. find the "Local Backup" option, and then click "Next."
5. Locate your backup file on your hard disk or external storage device, and then click "Open." In the event that file was downloaded from QuickBooks Online Backup, click on the "Lock" button, if prompted.
6. Select your backup file, click the "Open" button, and then click "Next." If QuickBooks notifies you that there is an existing file, click "Replace" and overwrite the file if you are sure that its not necessary your old backup file. Otherwise, click "Cancel," rename your overall backup file, and then complete the procedure again.
7. Click your backup file to confirm your selection, and then click "Save."
8. Copy any of the necessary files specified in the HowToRestoreExternalFiles.Txt file to the new backup location. This file, located within the Restored Files folder, lets you know what files to copy and how to perform the procedure on your system.
Restore With Intuit Data Protect Subscription
1. Navigate to your QuickBooks homepage.
2. Open the "Backup Status" section, and then click "View Details."
3. Click "Restore a Backup."
4. Select the date and time associated with backup you desire restored, and then click "Continue." Backups are stored for 45 days.
5. Choose or verify the positioning you want to restore the file to, and then click "Restore."