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If your POS database and your backup are saved on the same drive and you experience hard disk
failure, you may not be able to recover or restore your data. If you attempt to back up your POS
database to the same drive that your database is stored on, POS alerts you and prompt you to
choose a di erent drive or disk for your backup.
For details on how to back up your data, refer to the POS Administrator in-product Help.
POS Enterprise
The backup procedure for POS Enterprise backs up your RPOS SQL database on your SQL Server computer. It
is important to backup your RPOS database regularly, as there can be a lot of information that is not present in
Accounts.
For details on how to back up your RPOS database, refer to the POS Administrator in-product Help.
Restoring your data
POS Lite and POS Professional
The restore procedure restores your entire POS database. You cannot choose to restore some elements of the data
and not others.
If you must restore your database, Terminal IDs must match the name of the terminal that the
backup was made for in order for all your settings to be restored.
If you are restoring from external media, ensure the disk you are restoring from is in the appropriate
drive.