Backing up my system

[Guest MeganWright1979]

I'm trying to back-up Quickbooks onto a portable drive and I can't figure out

how to do it. I've followed directions on the Windows site but I do not have

a "backup" option in the System Tools section.

 

Can anyone help???

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Backing up my system

 

Quickbooks uses a file extension of .Qbw. You don't necessarily have

to use the built-in backup which writes the Quickbooks data file to a

different filename type. You can simply copy the _________.QBW file

directly using Windows Explorer.

 

"MeganWright1979" <MeganWright1979@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message news:FE148939-5C73-44E0-BE2F-237EB5BF394A@microsoft.com...

> I'm trying to back-up Quickbooks onto a portable drive and I can't figure

> out

> how to do it. I've followed directions on the Windows site but I do not

> have

> a "backup" option in the System Tools section.

>

> Can anyone help???

>

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: Backing up my system

 

"MeganWright1979" <MeganWright1979@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:FE148939-5C73-44E0-BE2F-237EB5BF394A@microsoft.com...

> I'm trying to back-up Quickbooks onto a portable drive and I can't figure out

> how to do it. I've followed directions on the Windows site but I do not have

> a "backup" option in the System Tools section.

>

> Can anyone help???

>

 

 

Windows Backup is not installed on a computer running XP Home Edition. You need

to locate ntbackup.msi on your XP HE installation CD if you want to install this

program. It can be found in the VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP folder on the

installation CD.

 

HOW TO: Install Backup from the CD-ROM in Windows XP Home Edition

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302894

 

You can also download the file from this web site.

 

Installing the Backup Program on the Home Version

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/windowsxp_tips.htm#backup_home

 

Direct download of ntbackup.msi.

http://home.comcast.net/~cerelli/ntbackup.msi

 

That said, the versions of QuickBooks I've seen have a backup feature built

right into the program. It will create a .QBB file wherever you like.

Personally, I'd rather have a file saved in the application's native format than

take the chance that Microsoft's Backup program will perform when needed. Check

QuickBooks help for more info or the Intuit web site.

 

Good luck

 

Nepatsfan

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Backing up my system

 

"MeganWright1979" <MeganWright1979@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message news:FE148939-5C73-44E0-BE2F-237EB5BF394A@microsoft.com...

> I'm trying to back-up Quickbooks onto a portable drive and I can't figure

> out

> how to do it. I've followed directions on the Windows site but I do not

> have

> a "backup" option in the System Tools section.

>

> Can anyone help???

 

You almost certainly have XP Home, were ntbackup is not included, but that's

beside the point; it's not the tool for this job.

 

Do this from within Quickbooks, attach your portable drive and save,

export, or backup the file from there (as well as the local copy).

Alternately, locate your quickbooks data file, and simply copy it manually

to the portable drive. You don't need any other tools for this, and you

don't really want to add another layer of potential failure.

 

HTH

-pk