Backup vs COPYing the files in XP

- Bobb - · 2008-08-12T21:46:04+00:00

Non-QB person here .I'm a PC guy and relatives have a business where I just replaced all the PC's. They were complaining about how long QB Pro takes to do/verify a backup from workgroup server to client PC ( hours). I asked "what are you backing up?" and was told " we have 10 companies in QB and I really only care about company XYZ (main business). I come in earlier and earlier to get this done and no one can log on until it finishes.Everyone ( 5 user license) was logged off for lunch so I asked him to open the server's QB folder where I saw 3 files listed that started with XYZ. I said why can't you just do this ?: and I copied the 3 files from server to a BACKUP folder on his pc ( took 3 minutes) and then - using XP - highlighted the 3 files - copy to CD ... copy took 3 minutes - Done. They thought it was magic , but my concern is:Is that a good backup ?Does QB HAVE to "do backup" ? or is copy of those 3 files sufficient ? Or any index files needed ?The new PC's did help a bit but the main issue is that their file is so big that QB takes a LONG time to backup/verify. ( the one company has 3 files that are 900mb, 300mb and a small file)Does QB Pro ( 2007 I think) "do something special to the data" to get it into 'QB backup / restore data ' format ? I'm thinking if disasters strikes he deletes/renames the ' 3 bad files on server' and copies these 3 into that folder.Right or wrong ?Current plan is to do copy nightly to HDD , then on Fridays burn to DVD - 2 weeks worth of backups then overwrite.Any feedback appreciated as I could find nothing about "copying files" at Intuit QBwebsite.I did just fetch info on automating backup etc from qb website - wondering if my method is just as good.Thanks very much.

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- Bobb - 17 years ago

Update: I heard that new SBS server with big drives should be here soon. Since mid-August, having 'accounting guy' doing nightly backup to 500gb external USB drive: working fine. Thanks folks.

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