Continue from my last post (Portable Company File in QuickBooks) on how to create portable company file in QuickBooks, this post will teach you how to restore a portable company file.
Portable company file does not contain related files such as letters, logos, images, and templates unlike backup, but only consist of your company file financial data. When you want to restore the financial data, QuickBooks uncompress the file and then rebuilds your company file.
Follow the steps below:
1) Click ‘File’ at the menu bar and select ‘Open or Restore Company’ from the drop down list.
2) The ‘Open or Restore Company’ window below appears.
Select ‘Restore a portable file’ by clicking the belly button.
Click ‘Next’ below the window to
continue.
3) A window titled ‘Open Portable Company File’ below appears showing the list of portable company files already created in QuickBooks.
Select from the list the portable company file you want to restore.
Click ‘Open’ to continue
4) A window ‘Open or Restore Company’ window below appears, asking you where you want to save the new restored company file.
Note: Do not overwrite your existing company file with this restored one, instead rename the file to a name that is not being used yet.
Click ‘Next’ to continue.
5)
A window titled ‘Save Company File as’ below
appears, telling you to choose where the portable
restored company file will be saved and also to rename the newly restored
company file to a name that is not being used in order not to overwrite the
existing company file.
NOTE: Never restore a
company file without renaming it first unless you intend to overwrite your
existing company file. If you do so, you will lose all data in your existing
company file.
If you did not rename the newly restored file and you click ‘Save’ to continue, an information message window titled ‘Confirm Save As’ will open telling you the company name already exist and also asking whether you want to replace it or not.
Click ‘Yes’ to replace the existing company file to the newly restored file
Click ‘No’ to go back to the previous window in order to rename the company name.
Portable company file does not contain related files such as letters, logos, images, and templates unlike backup, but only consist of your company file financial data. When you want to restore the financial data, QuickBooks uncompress the file and then rebuilds your company file.
Follow the steps below:
1) Click ‘File’ at the menu bar and select ‘Open or Restore Company’ from the drop down list.
2) The ‘Open or Restore Company’ window below appears.
Select ‘Restore a portable file’ by clicking the belly button.
3) A window titled ‘Open Portable Company File’ below appears showing the list of portable company files already created in QuickBooks.
Select from the list the portable company file you want to restore.
Click ‘Open’ to continue
4) A window ‘Open or Restore Company’ window below appears, asking you where you want to save the new restored company file.
Note: Do not overwrite your existing company file with this restored one, instead rename the file to a name that is not being used yet.
Click ‘Next’ to continue.
If you did not rename the newly restored file and you click ‘Save’ to continue, an information message window titled ‘Confirm Save As’ will open telling you the company name already exist and also asking whether you want to replace it or not.
Click ‘Yes’ to replace the existing company file to the newly restored file
Click ‘No’ to go back to the previous window in order to rename the company name.
