QuickBooks is the most common accounting programme for both large and small companies. This is a critical component of every business’s accounting, payroll, billing, invoicing, and inventory records, and it generates real-time reports. Every version is different, depending on the size of your organisation and the specifications you have. In this blog, you will know more about recovering the data from the hard drive, so please read the whole blog very carefully. 

Before you recover the data from the hard drive

Before you recover the data from the hard drive, you need to go through these points that are as follows: 

  • Only QuickBooks Pro, Premier, and Enterprise Solutions for Windows have the Auto Data Recovery (ADR) feature.
  • In QuickBooks Accountant Editions, the ADR feature is not available.
  • Mostly The maximum size of an ADR file is 1.5 Gigabytes. Consequently, if your data backup is more significant than 1.5 GB, your Auto Data Recovery file will not be generated.
  • To use the QuickBooks ADR feature, make sure your QB Desktop Software is still up to date, preferably QB 2018.

These are a few steps that you need to read before moving on and recovering the data from the hard drive. Now that you know this, you must read our next segment, which will help you understand the same reasons. 

What causes the essential data to be deleted or lost from a PC?

The root causes of the same are as follows:

  • When you update your QuickBooks accounting programme to a higher version, your company files (.QBW) are upgraded.
  • When updating the QB programme, something went wrong.
  • When running some other functions in the programme, there are alarming errors or other interruptions.
  • Multiple company files are present on a disc, or some critical company files are missing.
  • There was an abrupt power outage/system crash when using or operating on the latest version of QuickBooks files, and there was a short power outage/system crash.
  • Occasionally, QuickBooks database files become corrupted or broken.
  • Unexpectedly, deletion files are developed.
  • Virus attacks are being launched against.QBW,.QBB, and .QBA QB files.

These are the primary reasons behind the loss of data in a PC. Now that you know these reasons, you must move on to the next segment and recover the data from a hard drive, so please read it carefully. 

How to recover QuickBooks data from a hard drive

How to recover QuickBooks data from shard drive which are as follows: 

  • Create a new folder called QBTest on your Desktop.
  • Open the folder containing the company paper.
  • Look in your company’s file folder for the .tlg file.
  • Copy and paste the corresponding .tlg file from your company file into the QBTest folder on your Desktop.
  • Go to the QuickBooksAutoDataRecovery folder and double-click it. Then copy and paste the.QBW.adr file into the QBTest folder.
  • Right-click the.QBW.adr file in your QBTest folder and choose Rename.
  • At the end of the file, remove the .adr extension.
  • QuickBooks should now be available. Then, go to your QBTest folder and open the company file.

How to fix the issue

  • Type *.qbw into the search box and press Enter.
  • Look at the list of business files to see if there are any duplicates.
  • Make a note of the file, then right-click it and select Properties.
  • Check whether the file is classified as a QuickBooks Company File or not in the General tab.
  • Use the Date Modified function to find the most recent file.
  • Copy the most recent file to a CD when you find it.
  • Delete all remaining files after the file has been copied.
  • Copy the file and paste it back into the same folder.
  • When you have several company files on your hard drive and lack QuickBooks data files, the above approach will help.
  • Delete all remaining files after the file has been copied.
  • Copy the file and paste it back into the same folder.
To End With

When you have several company files on your hard drive and lack QuickBooks data files, the above approach will help. Suppose you are a Pro or Premier user. In that case, the QuickBooks Auto Data Recovery feature can assist you if you have lost or deleted any of your valuable QuickBooks files such as company files, backup files, accounts copies, and so on. What if you’re using the Accountants Edition Business or Premier? These editions do not have Auto Data Recovery.