Elite Payroll Software Backup Procedures

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It is essential that your company implement a backup procedure to ensure that you don't lose your company information. There are several backup procedures available. This is the backup procedure we suggest:

1 Always use high quality backup media, preferably a brand name

2 Label five of the disks/CDRs/ etc as "Backup 1", "Backup 2", "Backup 3", "Backup 4" and "Backup 5".

3 When you do your first backup, backup onto "Backup 1" Do the second backup onto "Backup 2", etc.

4 When you reach "Backup 4" you should also repeat the backup onto "Backup 5" Ensure that "Backup 4" and "Backup 5" have the same backup file on them.

5 Take "Backup 5" home, lock it in a bank vault, etc. Just make sure that "Backup 5" is safely stored away, or off-site, from your normal business premises. This way you have a fire, or a break-in and lose your computer and disks, you still have one copy of your company data off-site.

Note If you have a lot of employees or make changes often, you should ensure that your backup procedures have a much shorter, more regular backup cycle. You could even backup after each session with Elite Payroll Software.

See also

Recovery of a Corrupt Company File

Backup Files