Backup

[rvalad]

I JUST BOUGHT A DELL COMPUTER WITH WINDOWS XP AND IT HAS AN IOMEGA REV 35 GB ATAPI DRIVE. I HAVE SCHEDULED IT TO BACKUP M-F. I'M BACKING UP THE FOLLOWING: C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS AND C:\PROGRAM FILES\PEACTREE. ARE THESE THE CORRECT PEACHTREE FILES TO BACKUP? WHICH ARE THE FILES NEEDED TO BACKUP & RESTORE IN CASE OF A FAILURE. I ALSO NEED TO KNOW HOW TO CHECK THE FILES TO SEE IF THEY ARE BACKING UP PROPERLY. DO I GO TO MY COMPUTER UNDER THE REV DRIVE AND FIND THE PEACHTREE FOLDER? WHAT PROGRAM DO I USE TO OPEN THE PEACHTREE FILE (IF YOU CAN TELL ME WHICH FILE) ALSO SHOULD I DO A PEACHTREE BACKUP ON MY C: DRIVE FIRST AND THEN A REV BACKUP SECOND. DO I ALSO BACKUP TO A CDR. I WANT TO BE SURE EVERYTHING IS WORKING PROPERLY AND RESTORED PROPERLY BEFORE A FAILURE HAPPENS. ONE MORE QUESTION ALONG THE SAME LINE. IS THERE A WAY I CAN VIEW A COMPANY'S YEAR SAVED SOMEWHERE AFTER CLOSING THE YEAR OUT AND LEAVING 2 MORE YEARS OPEN SO I CAN STILL REFER BACK? I'M USING PEACHTREE COMPLETE ACCOUNTING 2004. THANKS

[dringstrom]

Please don't type in ALL CAPS in user forums, as it's extremely difficult to read. In addition, typing in ALL CAPS is considered SHOUTING, which I'm sure you didn't mean to do.

In any case, regarding your questions, in Peachtree choose Maintain, and then Company Information. The location of your data files will be listed in that window. Make sure that the Iomega device is backing up that folder. Most likely if you back-up c:\program files\peachtree you'll get everything, but this way you can double check that your data files are contained inside that folder.

You can also use the Back Up choice on the file menu to create a .PTB file that you can burn to CD. You use the Restore choice on the File menu to recover these files. Finally, you can search the archives of this forum for instructions on creating an archive company, or consider this option (http://www.acctadv.com/go.mv?id=yearend).