WHY backup my Peachtree data? Although Peachtree® accounting is a rather stable software, it does crash sometimes especially in a multi-user network environment. This can happen because of faulty hardware, unstable network, software conflicts, etc. Often the result is a corrupted database, and permanent data loss. To most companies, such loss is unacceptable.

HOW OFTEN shall I backup my Peachtree data? Most users will backup Peachtree data everyday. Some users do backup once a week. For users with many daily transactions, we recommend user to backup Peachtree data 2 times every day. One backup can be made during lunch time and the other one after the day's work. If your transactions are not many, you may do backup every day.

WHAT can I use to backup my Peachtree data? Many different options of storage media are now available in the market. We recommend users to use external hard disk drive for in-house backup. CD-R is also another excellent backup media, which is highly portable. - For a comparison of different backup methods