Follow the steps mentioned below to take the Back up of the data:
Simple Steps
1. From the Gateway of Tally, click on the button F3: Cmp Info.
2. Select Backup.
In the Backup Companies on Disk screen, the path in the Source field will be the current data path (Eg. C:\Tally.ERP\Data)
3. In the Destination field, specify the path where the data backup has to be stored. (Eg. D:\Backup\ Dec3108).
4. Select the companies to backup.
5. Accept the screen.
The backup file is stored as TBK900.001 in D:\Backup\Dec3108, as per the above example.
Detailed Steps
1. From the Gateway of Tally, click on the button F3: Cmp Info provided in the buttons toolbar or Press Alt+F3 using the keyboard.
2. Select Backup.
3. In the Backup Companies on Disk screen, by default the cursor is at the Name of Company. Press Backspace to change the Source or the Destination.
Source: It is the source folder that contains data for which backup has to be taken, by default it is the Data folder of Tally.ERP 9 (Eg. C:\Tally.ERPData)
Destination: It is either a folder or an external device (Pen Drive
4. Select the companies for which backups have to be taken from the List of Companies. To stop selecting the companies, select End of List.
5. Press Y or Enter button to confirm at ‘Accept? Yes or No’ to continue taking the backup
The Backing up Companies screen is displayed with the name of the company being backed up and the percentage of the backup process completed.
The backup file is stored as TBK900.001 in D:\Backup\Dec3108, as per the above example.
Note: While taking a backup, if the List of Companies contain one or more TallyVaulted companies, then Tally.ERP 9 allows the user to select a single TallyVaulted company at a time.
