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Join nowI am an IT knowledgeable person assisting a friend with their QuickBooks. They need to restore all data from from QB2012. They do not have the QBB file but they have a copy of the Intuit\quickbooks2012\data folder. How can I use this to restore a QB accessible copy of the data?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Ricky
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Find any *.QBW, *.QBB, *.QBM file to be restored. As for last resort, find any ADR file.
Find any *.QBW, *.QBB, *.QBM file to be restored. As for last resort, find any ADR file.
Hello, Rickaay.
Thanks for stopping by, I'm happy to help you and your friend restore their data. To do so, depends on a couple things, are the filings transferring from one computer to another, another location but the same computer or are you just trying to move the entirety of the QuickBooks data folder. Regardless, I have the steps to help you out down below in a really helpful article. If you're transferring the data to a completely new computer, follow these steps, otherwise you can find the steps in the article I linked above.
Thank you for your time and if you have any other questions, don't hesitate to post them here. Have a nice day.
Thank very much you for your response.
We do not have *.QBW, *.QBB or *.QBM files available. Another support person did a factory reset of teh machine to recover from OS problems.
All we have is the *.dat files from the Intuit\Quickbooks\Data\ folder from an older . I cannot judge of course if the files that I see are enough to result in a functional QB environment.
Ricky !
Thank very much you for your response.
We do not have *.QBW, *.QBB or *.QBM files available. Another support person did a factory reset of the laptop running the QB to recover from OS problems.
All we have is the *.dat files from the Intuit\Quickbooks\Data\ folder from an older . I cannot judge of course, if the files that I see are enough to result in a functional QB environment.
Ricky !
ADR files are your last resort. It is possible the machine is reinstalled with a fresh QuickBooks files with no company files.
Thank you @Fiat Lux - ASIA
OK, I follow that. Thank you.
After the fresh install, can I recover by just copying the *.dat that I found back to the Intuit\QuickBooks\Data\ folder ? A picture of the filename list is attached.
*.dat is not part of any company file
Thank you @Fiat Lux - ASIA. Understood !
Looking at the names of the files I was fearing that that, but not knowing the data files setup, I just wanted to be sure. Thank you for your time and patience!
Ricky !
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