Difference between revisions of "How to restore the BudgetLink database from a backup"

BudgetLink will prompt to take backups of this database upon closing or before advanced processing. Backups are stored in the \BudgetLink\System\Backup\Databases\ folder. If the BudgetLink Database becomes corrupt, it can be restored from a back up.

This article describes how to restore from a back up.

# Close '''BudgetLink''';

# Open '''Windows Explorer''' and browse to the '''\BudgetLink\System\''' folder;

# Locate the '''BudgetLink Data.mdb''';

# Move the '''BudgetLink Data.mdb''' file '''\BudgetLink\System\Backup\Databases\''' folder;

# Browse to the '''\BudgetLink\System\Backup\Databases\''';

# Locate a back up of '''BudgetLink Data.mdb''' file with a date time stamp when BudgetLink was working;

# Copy the '''BudetLink Data.mdb''' file and paste into the '''\BudgetLink\System\''' Folder;

# Rename the file to remove the Date Time Stamp from the beginning of the file name;

# Restart '''BudgetLink''';

# Run a '''Full Get Data'''.

* The Backups are prefixed with a date time stamp which is taken from the date when the backup was taken and formatted as yymmdd - hhmm. This date time stamp must be removed when restoring the backup.