Backing up your data to a CD or DVD

This topic suggests a generic way to back up your data to a CD or DVD.

Caution! If you are working across a network, you must remember to back up company folders, report folders, and form folders that reside at the server.

Important! Backing up to a CD or DVD successfully depends on your computer system, including hardware and software. To back up to a CD or DVD, you must have access to a CD or DVD (Read/Write capability), and the appropriate CD or DVD media.

When backing up data as part of the year-end close process, it is important to count the number of files and folders in your company. To see the number of files and folder in a company folder, in Windows Explorer, right-click the company folder and select Properties. On the Properties window, the General tab, look in the list for the Contains line for the number of files and folders. Write this number down so that you can refer to it after you have made the two copies. The number of files and folders have to be exactly the same in both the company and the backup copy.

Important! If the number of files and folders in the original version do not match the numbers in the copy, you must repeat the process. It is imperative that the copy is an exact duplicate of the original company.

To back up your data to a CD or DVD

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Place the CD or DVD media in the CD or DVD.

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On your Windows desktop, right-click [Start > Explore].

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In Windows Explorer, locate the \Users\Username\AppData\Local\Sage\Sage 100 Contractor folder, right-click and from the menu select [Copy].

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Locate the CD or DVD drive, and click it.

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Then in the right-pane, right-click and select [Paste].

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In Windows Explorer, locate the \MB7\ folder, right-click and from the menu select [Copy].

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Locate the CD or DVD drive, and click it.

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Then in the right-pane, right-click and select [Paste].

Depending on your hardware and software, the folder will be copied to the CD or DVD media. For further information or support, contact your CD or DVD manufacturer.