delivery of invoices, and many more offered by the software, its files are prone to corruption and need for recovering data from backup arises. And, even if the backup fails, or is not updated, then due to the emergence of reliable QBW Recovery tools, it is possible to recover your corrupt quickbooks file.
A QuickBooks file may get corrupt owing to improper system shutdown, power outage, problem in software, compatibility issue, QBW file header corruption, virus attack, accidental, and more. As part of maintenance routine of your company file, a user should always run regular manual backups along with complete verification followed by checking for error messages in the Qbwin.log file.
It is advisable to verify a file using Verify data utility. Generally, following symptoms when encountered call for verification of file:
- An error is encountered while working in QuickBooks
- The application shuts down when you try to save some transaction
- Discrepancies are observed in reports; like, bills or invoices with negative value
- Payments to Deposit window shows Deposited payments
- Balance sheet reports do not show all accounts
- Names do not appear in lists
- Missing Transactions
- The company file doesn't open
- Transactions cannot be saved
- You experience messages like, "Company file in use, please wait,"
At times after running the verify data utility, you'll receive one of following messages:
- The message that the Verify Data utility has failed appears
- The Verify Data utility returns a b-check error
In such a situation, you'll have to run the rebuild utility. In most of these situations, your file will start working normally. However, if it doesn't and you encounter corruption of QBW file, then you'll need to use the backup that you have been keeping handy for situations like these. But, in case you haven't maintained a backup, or your backup is not updated, then you'll have to opt for third-party QuickBooks file recovery software to recover data from corrupt QuickBooks.
Stellar Phoenix Recovery for QuickBooks is a highly advanced repair tool that extracts data from corrupt QuickBooks file created in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. Intuit QuickBooks recovery tool is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000, and uses sophisticated algorithms to recover highly critical data. The QBW Recovery tool recovers information about Companies, Customers, Vendors, Employees, and Items and Services.
By Jennie Hofstetter
