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Unable to Restore QuickBooks
QuickBooks accounting software offers fast and simple backups to ensure the protection of your data in the event of a hard drive crash, system failure, and theft or computer damage. It is quite uncommon still the users may experience a “failed to restore backup” message, indicating that something is wrong. If you want permanent solutions of this problem, switch to QuickBooks Cloud Hosting.
Reasons behind the Occurrence of the Error
- Company file name contains special characters
- Backup was restored above an existing company file
- Backup was restored from a USB flash drive or pen drive to a network drive
- Backup was produced in QuickBooks 2010 but you are restoring it in QuickBooks 2009
- The main company file is damaged
How to Fix the Error Unable to Restore?
Below are some solutions recommended by Intuit to fix this error:
Solution 1: Delete special characters (/ \ < >! $) from the file name for company file
- Rename the file name
- Choose Rename clicking on rename file
- Enter a new file name without any special character
Solution 2: Avoid overwriting an existing file when you restore your backup
- When choose to restore QuickBooks asks the location to store your file. Choose your preferable location and save it
- If you receive the message that the name already exists and would like to overwrite the file?
- Click No
Modify the name of the file from the existing file.
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