Note: The following assumes you’re moving the program to a new machine and installing the same or higher version. These steps apply to Single User, Lite Depreciation, Lite Depreciation for Sage 50 and Sage 50 Fixed Assets. You can restore company backup files (.BBK) from 2013.0 into the latest version of the program.
In Sage Fixed Assets Depreciation: - In the Sage Fixed Assets, back up the database (Do this once for each database):
- Go to: File Company Utilities, Backup Company.
- Choose a database from the Database drop-down menu.
- Choose Select All, click Next.
- Select a known location to save the backup file.
- Specify a name for the backup file in the file Name field, click Backup.
- Repeat for each database in use.
- Copy the backup files to the new machine.
- Install the Sage Fixed Assets product onto the new computer.
- Create a new database (Do this once for each backup file). In Depreciation:
- Go to: File, Database List Manager.
- Select New Database.
- Enter a Database Name (The name seen in the program).
- Enter the Database File Name (The name seen in Windows).
- Choose the location where you keep the databases. You must use a location on the same local hard drive where you installed the program for Single User Editions.
- Select OK.
- Restore the backups. (Do this once for each backup file):
- Go to: File, Company Utilities, Restore Company.
- Click Browse, browse to the backup file (*.BBK file), click Open.
- Select companies to restore (to restore all companies within the backup file, click Select All), click Next.
- Select a database to restore the company or companies into, click Next.
- Select desired purge option.
NOTE: Purging the history has the advantage of speeding up data access performance. Purging the history will remove depreciation event entries under the History tab of assets. - Click Restore. Once complete, choose Yes to restore another company or No to exit the utility.
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