To recover your book data from backup, follow these two simple steps.
A. First you need to rename the HomeBase file. To do so:
1. Right mouse click on Windows [Start] button
2. Select [Explore]
3. Select your “C” drive
4. Select [Program Files] on the left hand side
5. On the right-hand side select [HomeBase Folder] and locate your hbdata file
6. Right mouse-click on the file and select [Properties]
7. Change the file name from hbdata.hbd to hbdata.old
B. Then you can recover your book data:
1. Place the backup file back in the HomeBase [backup] folder
2. Open HomeBase
3. Click on [File] (on toolbar)
4. Select on [Recover]
5. Click on [OK] and new window appears
6. Click on [Desktop] symbol (to left of window)
7. Click on [Open] button
8. Click on [OK]
9. Confirm whether you wish to have HomeBase generate unique book numbers
For further information see Using HomeBase or download our HomeBase 2.3 User Guide.
