I have to restore an error free backup to Sage 50 however even after disconnecting from Sage ID program will not allow me to restore backup due to ' backup is for different company'

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One of my clients' Sage 50c has developed unfixable errors, this is not unusual and normally I can just restore an error free backup in client manager and push it out through remote data access, however this time the 'retrieve backup' button was greyed out.

I therefore closed the repair screen and went to file, restore and selected the last error free backup from my scheduled backups, I then tried to restore and got the message that ' this company is connected to your sage account, please disconnect the company first'.   I had to remove the company from remote access and bank feeds, then disconnect the company (don't usually have to do this to restore backup since v.28)

Having done all that I tried to restore the backup however then I got the message ' this company you are using is currently set up for Autoentry.

The backup you selected cannnot be restored because the data is from a different company'

I have disconnected Autoentry from the Sage company and still get the same message, I know for a fact that the backup is for the correct company, as for a start the backups name has the correct company name in the file name.

I have a VAT return to file by Tuesday so need to get this sorted asap.

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    Hi Pamela,

    Thanks for using Sage City.

    In this situation, I would recommend renaming the Accdata folder before you restore the backup. You can read more about this in the following article: Renaming your Accdata folder

    I hope this helps, if it does help, please click More > Verify Answer.

    Regards

    Andy
    Sage UKI

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    I did the renaming first, I have been using Remote Data Access (Sage Drive) since it first came out, I am used to the old renaming folders, removing Sqllite files etc.

    I ended up giving up and calling Tech Support who decided the issues must be corruption in the actual system.  I had to remove the data from Remote Access, travel to the client's site (none of them are tech savvy, can't even give me access through Teamviewer). Once I was up there I had to remove the data from Remote access again, rename ACCDATA,  restore the backup and upload the company again to Remote Access, the whole process took about 4 hours.

    I then ended up corruption with another client's data on Remote Access the next day as they had not carried out the authentication process for a  while and when it reconnected it caused mayhem with a batch of supplier invoices and bank payments, yet this company was a straight forward restore backup at our end.

    Really strange.

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  • 0 in reply to Andy Rickeard

    I did the renaming first, I have been using Remote Data Access (Sage Drive) since it first came out, I am used to the old renaming folders, removing Sqllite files etc.

    I ended up giving up and calling Tech Support who decided the issues must be corruption in the actual system.  I had to remove the data from Remote Access, travel to the client's site (none of them are tech savvy, can't even give me access through Teamviewer). Once I was up there I had to remove the data from Remote access again, rename ACCDATA,  restore the backup and upload the company again to Remote Access, the whole process took about 4 hours.

    I then ended up corruption with another client's data on Remote Access the next day as they had not carried out the authentication process for a  while and when it reconnected it caused mayhem with a batch of supplier invoices and bank payments, yet this company was a straight forward restore backup at our end.

    Really strange.

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