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5.13 Backup and Restore (Professional Edition ONLY)

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5.13.1 Latitude Professional Edition

 

 

BACKUP:

 

Make sure all users are logged out from Latitude

Open Windows Explorer and go to the drive/folder where your Latidata.mdb is located

Backup Latidata.mdb using any compression software e.g. WinZip, WinRAR, 7Zip or the default Windows compressed folder:

If you have WinZip, right-click on Latidata.mdb, select WinZip, select ‘Add to Latidata.zip’

If you don’t have WinZip, right-click on Latidata.mdb, select ‘Send To’, select ‘Compressed (zipped) Folder & click Yes

A file called Latidata.zip is created

Rename Latidata.zip by adding the date e.g. LatidataDDMMYY.zip

Transfer the backup file into your backup folder usually on the server L:\Latitude\Backup

 

 

RESTORE

 

Make sure no one is using Latitude

Extract Latidata.mdb from the backup/zip file overwriting the existing Latidata.mdb