Making backups of your database is Essential ! Not just a good idea but very, very necessary. Every month I am asked to help recover a database that has been corrupted or difficult to recover from a damaged hard drive. If you make a backup of your database every week or after every major data entry session you will be protected in case you hard disk crashes or the lap top disappears.
It is a good idea to make a backup to your computer - but also - to a flash drive or an external hard disk. That way you will have a copy away from the computer if disaster strikes.
The Backup Utility (on the Utilities Menu) will make a backup of the Database-DATAONLY file. This is where your data resides. This is the important file to have.
(Remember the Theatre Inventory Database xx.accdr file is just the forms and reports. A backup of this file is made at the time of the installation.)
This example shows that this backup will be made to a local folder on the C:\ drive.
This example shows that the backup will be made to an external drive "F:\".
Starting in version 5-7 you may also see a log of the backups that have been made. Click on the View Backup Log button.
Restoring your database file:
*** To restore the data from a backup file - rename the file in the \Theatre Inventory Database folder to something like "Old Theatre Inventory Database DATAONLY.accdb" then copy the backup file to that same directory. ** Please contact us for help with this !**
