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title: "What options do I have for backing up data and avoiding data loss?"
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# What options do I have for backing up data and avoiding data loss?

As you can take backup of your data which may helps you to avoiding the data loss , through below options which is mentioned:
Option 1: After close the company.
. Select the option of Backup data in Menu.
. Then select the company, mention name and password.
. Define the folder path where you want to take the backup.
. Select F.Y.
. Press 'OK' and save the Backup.
Option 2: At the time of closing the company.
. You can configured backup configuration as Go in administration.
. Select configuration.
. Click on Backup configuration option.
. You can take backup as day wise through this option.
. Create Day wise folder in your local drive and define the folder path in backup configuration.
. After it select 'Y' to the configuration as Promptfor backup at the time of closing the company.
. You also can enforce it to take backup while closing company, by selecting 'Y' in configuration.
. Save the configuration and check as close company, A window will disappear which name called Backup data Select OK then it will auto take backup in specify folder which he have configured in backup configuration.
Option 3: Through BUSY Agent Application.
. You need to install BUSY agent in your system through busy.in website or you can download it through menu option in BUSY.
. Install BUSY Agent is in same drive/folder where you BUSY is install.
. As through BUSY Agent you can save your backup in local and Google drive as well.
. Then click on genreal configuration in BUSY Agent.
. Select Data base typ and ,Mention your data directry if you have access data base,for sql mention server name and username/password and save the general configuration.
. Click on Backup configuration (Local).
. Select 'Y' for local backup and define the folder path of your drive,where you want to save your backup.
. Click on backup schedule configured it as per your requirment save it.
. Then go in Backup configuration (Google Drive).
. Select 'Y' to create backup for Google drive.
. Specify you email id and click on authroise.
Note: Chromse must be your default brower
. Then give authentication and specify the backup schedule.
. Save the configuration.
. Click on ADD to startup so that it will auto start when your system start.
. For taking auto backup your BUSY Agent must be open in backend.
. So that it will take auto backup as per the time schedule which we have configured in it.

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