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Where to find it
MenuSelect Company › Restore Data
Sometimes the PC is fine but you need old data: a bill deleted by mistake last week, or a result changed and you want the earlier value. Restore never replaces your live company. It adds the backup as a second company with the same name. The danger is that staff then work in the wrong one.
First, protect today's entries
- Ask everyone to save and close
All PCs finish the current entry and close E-Lab. - Back up the live company
On Select Company, click the company you work in, then Backup My Data. Choose a pen drive. - Note the message
Backup Done Successfully shows the path and file name. Write them down. - Note the live folder
Click the live company and write down the folder in Stored at.
Restore the older copy
- Pick the right day
Click Restore Data and pick the copy from before the mistake. File names carry the date: ddMMyy for Backup My Data, dd-MM for the daily copies. - Restore
Leave the default option and click Restore. The Restore complete box names the new folder. Write it down. - Open the copy
Double-click the company whose Stored at matches the new folder. Find what you need. Print it or note it. - Go back to the live company
Close the company with the user icon. Open the one whose folder matches your note from step 4 above. - Re-enter in the live company
Type the recovered bill or value into the live company, with the paper record beside you.
In a real labOn Thursday the owner sees in Lifora that a ₹2,400 bill was deleted on Tuesday. She restores Monday's copy from the Mon weekday folder, opens it, and prints the bill. Back in the live company, reception enters it again. Staff never touched the restored copy.
Live data untouched
The older copy lands in its own Data folder. Nothing in the live company changes.
Proof on paper
You can print the old bill or report exactly as it was on that date.
StopNever work in both copies. Entries made in one do not appear in the other, and the lab's record splits in two.
CautionDo not type a missing entry again from memory. Check the paper bill and the live company first, so you do not make a duplicate.
TipUse Ctrl+Up on Select Company to move the live company to the top of the list. Staff then open the right one by habit. The order is saved only on this PC.
Questions people ask
Now I see two companies with the same name. Is that wrong?
No. Restore always adds one. Tell them apart by Stored at and by the latest entries.
Can I delete the restored copy afterwards?
E-Lab has no delete-company button. Leave it, or ask support to remove its folder after a backup.
Which file do I pick?
The copy dated before the mistake. For Access companies, a .sbk or the email .zpp.