We have to first see why data has got
corrupted. The ways to recover Tally data depends on reason it gets
corrupted. Here are some tips and tricks which can save you the day.
First of all lets see different reasons which can cause data corruption
Why Tally data gets corrupted ?
The reason could be anyone of following :-
- While working on Tally power goes off and UPS is unable to give you backup. Next time you would open your Tally company in which you were working would get corrupted.
- The computer on which you were working is not operative and OS is not working properly. Somebody formatted it !!
- You have taken so many backups by copying the Tally folder in so many placed that you forgot which was to original one.
- You have taken a backup and when you try to restore it your data is washed out.
Solutions to recover Tally data
Solutions
to these problems needs common sense rather than Tally expertise. Lets
understand some feature and working of Tally. Tally provides a backup
and restore utility which collects all files of Tally company into one
file named tbk500.001. This way of Tally backup is easier to restore as
this one file can be kept safe and easily can be restored instead of all
files in that folder. It is easy to be mailed or copied. In other case
if any of the file gets missing or gets corrupted tally data wouldn't
work. So it is better to take Tally backup from within Tally Software.
In first case
when data gets corrupted while working on tally and we are unable to
open the company then data can simply rewritten. Come to Company
selection menu. Press "Ctrl + Alt + R". Now select the company for re writing. 90% chances are that your problem would be get solved.
In second case
when OS system is not working then to recover data you need computer
skills and some common sense solutions can get you out of this problem.
If windows is not loading then you can try to boot the system in DOS
mode. Copy all T
ally folders and data folders into D
drive. If DOS mode is also not working then take out the HDD and connect
it with other computer with OS system and try to open it. If the disk
is ok and without bad sectors then you would be able to open the Tally
folder. If still it is not working then before formatting give it a try
with some recovery software or ask your computer hardware expert to
recover data folders from drive.
The third case
happens when people are running so many versions of tally and all
versions work on different directories. More over they take backup by
copying folders of data directory instead of taking backup from Tally
itself. In that case you too can get confused which one is latest and
which folder is needed to be restored. In this case just remember the
No. of your company in Tally. For example if your company No. is 006
then go to search utility of windows and enter 006 in search box and
begin search. You would see the list of folders. Now in see the
locations of each folder and see the date of last modified or accessed.
Choose the latest one and copy that folder in Tally's current data
directory. You would probably find the right one.
One
more method can be that you look for folder which has largest amount of
data. Just go to each folder right click on the name and select
properties. Here you would find the total file size of that folder. The
biggest folder would be the current folder as it contains latest Tally
data.
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