Utilizing QuickBooks Auto Data Recovery
To Recover Lost Data
If your stored financial data gets corrupted or you accidentally lose it, the QuickBooks Auto Data
Recovery feature can help restore your vital data. Recovering data through Intuit Data services is timeconsuming, and you might not work with your QuickBooks application for many days, whereas this
feature allows you to recover nearly all your data very fast. Let’s discuss this process in detail.
Important Points:
1. Only accessible in QuickBooks Pro, Premier, and Enterprise Solutions designed
for Windows.
2. Not supported in Accountant Editions.
3. ADR file size limit is 1.5 Gigabytes.
Steps to Retrieve QuickBooks Data
If you are facing the issue of QuickBooks Data missing after update, then follow the below
solutions.
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Use the original to restore recent transactions.QBW.adr file
with TLG file
Create a new folder.
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Name it QBTest.
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Save it on the Desktop.
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Open the folder storing your company file.
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Look for the .tlg file.
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It must have the same name as the company file.
Show file extensions
If you cannot identify the .tlg file, follow the below steps.
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To open File Explorer, press Windows+E.
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Select Organize.
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Choose Folder and search options.
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Select Hide extensions for known file types.
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Select Apply.
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Click OK.
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Transfer a comparable.tlg file to the corporate file.
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Paste it to the QBTest folder.
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Open the QuickBooksAutoDataRecovery folder.
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Copy the .QBW.adr file.
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Paste it to the QBTest folder.
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Now, you will have a .QBW.adr and .tlg file in the QBTest folder.
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Go to the QBTest folder.
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Right-click the .QBW.adr file.
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Select Rename.
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Delete .adr extension.
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Open QuickBooks.
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Open the company file available in the QBTest folder.
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Verify all transactions with the help of the account register.
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Select File.
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Click Utilities.
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Select Verify Data to check its integrity.
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If everything in this company file is good, then transfer it from QBTest to the
original location and move the damaged file somewhere else.
Recover recent transactions using .QBW.adr and .TLG.adr files
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Make a new folder on your Desktop.
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Name it QBTest.
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Open the folder that has saved the company file.
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Look for the QuickBooksAutoDataRecovery folder.
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Search the .TLG.adr and .QBW.adr files.
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These files have the exact same name as the company file.
Show file extensions
If you can’t get the .TLG.adr and .QBW.adr files, then do this
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To open File Explorer, press Windows+E.
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Select Organize.
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Choose Folder and search options.
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Select Hide extensions for known file types.
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Select Apply.
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Select OK.
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Copy the .TLG.adr and .QBW.adr files.
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Paste them to the QBTest folder.
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Access your QBTest folder.
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Remove the .adr extension from the file name.
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That should provide you a .qbw and .tlg files on the QBTest.
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Open QuickBooks.
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Open the company file present in the QBTest folder.
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Using the account register to verify all transactions.
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Select File, then Utilities, and then Verify Data to check the data integrity of your
company files.
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If the file available in the QB Test folder is accurate, then move it to the original
location and remove the damaged file from there.
Conclusion
We hope this guide helps you understand and utilize the QuickBooks Auto Data Recovery feature
properly.