Guide to understand QuickBooks data recovery services

With a customer base of over a million users, QuickBooks is the leading bookkeeping software available. The software helps in tax calculations, recording transactions, employee payroll, and many other accounting tasks which are otherwise very complex. Although the software securely stores financial data, unfortunate incidences can sometimes cause harm to the data. Intuit offers QuickBooks data recovery services to help users deal with data loss and get their data restored. On the off chance you also lost your QuickBooks data, you don’t have to worry, as this is a comprehensive guide to help you explore the causes of data loss and an easy procedure to recover your data.

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About the services

QuickBooks employs multiple security layers for the safety of the data of its users. These security layers are enhanced with every new software update. Existing bugs in the software are also removed, and new security protocols are implemented to enhance the protection. Even after all this, the software data can be harmed by many other factors which aren’t related to the software. Due to this, the financial data may get damaged and sometimes permanently lost. This can cause panic to the user and a blow to the business as the software deals with crucial financial data. To safeguard users from such issues, Intuit provides Data recovery services to help users restore lost data. QB professionals provide these services, but some of the procedures can be applied by users. In addition, the services can help users tackle the data loss situation and prevent their businesses from getting affected.

Causes of Data Loss

Before proceeding to the procedure for data recovery services, you must understand the conditions which can potentially harm the data-

1. Human-caused errors- The software data might get mistakenly deleted or overwritten by you.
2. Software corruption- The software or the Windows on your PC can get corrupted, which causes harm to the data.
3. Cyberattacks or viruses- A virus attack can harm your data or be affected by ransomware.
4. Theft- Your storage drive can be stolen, leading to data loss.
5. Physical damage or Natural disasters- The storage device can get physically damaged due to flood, earthquake, fire, or any other disasters that cause data loss.

Precautions to avoid data loss

You can prevent data loss on your system by creating regular data backups. These data backups become essential when dealing with data loss or corruption. A recent data backup can be restored to recover all the data back and prevents permanent data loss. Intuit also recommends that QuickBooks users regularly create data backups to tackle data loss situations. The appropriate method to create a full data backup in QuickBooks is given below-

1. Go to the server computer and click the File option in your QuickBooks.
2. Click on Utilities and tap Stop hosting multi-user access to run the software in single-user mode.
3. Click on the File menu again and tap the Backup Company option in the drop-down list.
4. Tap Create Local Backup and further select the Local Backup
5. Click on the Next option and select Browse to choose a location to create a backup file.
6. Single-click on Save it now after the location is selected and tap Next.

A backup file will be created in the selected location using the abovementioned steps. You can always use this file to restore your data if it gets damaged or corrupted on your system.

Data recovery procedure

Here’s the QB recommended procedure to recover your data if it gets lost-

Method 1- Restore a backup file you created recently

To begin the recovery of your data, you must first try to restore the backup file of your QuickBooks Data. You can restore the backup file you recently created to recover all the lost data. You can find the backup file using the steps given below-

1. Open your QuickBooks and click on Preferences.
2. Tap the Backup option in the list and select Reveal backup folder.
3. Use the date-modified filter in the folder to arrange backup files according to their date. Select the backup you created recently.

After finding the latest created backup file, you’ll have to execute the following steps to restore the file-

1. Click the File option in your QuickBooks.
2. Tap the Open or Restore Company option in the drop-down list and select Restore a backup copy.
3. Single-click the Local backup option and then Next.
4. Choose your backup file if it is available in the list and click Browse to open the location of the backup file you found.
5. Select a location to restore the backup file data.
6. Click Open and tap Save to restore the backup file data.

Your data till the last backup you created will be recovered after restoring the file. If you don’t have a backup file to restore your data, you can take the help of the Auto Data recovery tool to recover your data.

Method 2- Use the Auto Data Recovery tool to restore your QB data

In case your backup file also gets damaged or you didn’t create a backup recently, you’ll have to recover the lost data using the Auto Data Recovery tool. ADR files are created in your QuickBooks folder after an interval of every 12 hours

.In case your primary files get damaged, you can use these files in their places to act as original files, as they have identical data to the original files. The correct procedure for using the ADR tool is described below-

• Restoring data with the help of the original transaction log (.tlg) and .qbw.adr files

This procedure helps you recover your data using the original transaction log(.tlg) file and the ADR copy of your company file (.qbw.adr). Apply the steps given below-

1. Right-click on an empty space on the desktop and click on New.
2. Select Folder in the options to create a new folder. You can give any desired name to the folder; let’s name it Data Recovery.
3. Search for ‘QuickBooks’ and right-click its icon in the search results.
4. Select the Open file location and search the transaction log (.tlg) file inside the QuickBooks folder.
5. Right-click on the .tlg file and select Copy.
6. Go to Data Recovery and press Ctrl + V to paste the file.
7. Open the QuickBooks folder again and access the Auto Data Recovery
8. Right-click on the .qbw.adr file and select Copy.
9. Open the Data Recovery folder and paste the file there.
10. Right-click on the .qbw.adr and click Rename in the options.
11. Erase ‘.adr’ from the file name and save the file.
12. Open this company file in QuickBooks to check for any harm to the data and ensure the transactions are faultless.
13. If everything’s fine, move this company file to the location of the original company file and start using it in QuickBooks.

• Restoring the data with .tlg.adr & .qbw.adr files

This method helps you restore your data with the ADR versions of the company file and transaction log file. Apply the following steps to execute the method-

1. Right-click anywhere on the desktop and click New.
2. Select Folder from the options to create a new folder named Data Recovery.
3. Go to your QuickBooks folder and open the Auto Data Recovery
4. Move the .tlg.adr & .qbw.adr files from the folder to the Data Recovery folder you just created.
5. Right-click on any of the files and select Rename.
6. Erase ‘.adr’ from the file name and save the file. Rename the other file too.
7. Run the files to check that the transactions are faultless.

You can check the credibility of the files by using the verify-rebuild utility. This utility helps you diagnose any issues with the data and repairs them automatically. Here’s a method to use the utility-

1. Open QuickBooks and go to the File menu at the top.
2. Select Utilities and click on Rebuild Data.
3. Clicking Ok in the next dialogue box will create your company file data backup.
4. cancel it to rebuild your data.
5. After the process, go to Utilities again and select Verify Data.
6. If you don’t see any errors, your data is repaired.
7. But if a ‘Your data has lost integrity message pops up, click Rebuild now.
8. Let the process finish.
9. Once you make sure that the .ADR files do not have any data discrepancy with the original files, you can use them in the software.

These methods will help you restore your lost data in QuickBooks.

Conclusion

You acknowledged the potential causes of data loss and read about the QuickBooks data recovery services to restore it. We hope the procedure is easy for you to execute and helps recover your lost QuickBooks data.

Give a call at +1 855-948-3646 to avail trustworthy data recovery services provided by QB professionals.

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