Minimize disk space used by UltraTax CS
Follow these steps to reduce the disk space used by UltraTax CS.
Remove prior-year data
Back up prior-year data you rarely need to an archive storage drive and delete it from Virtual Office CS or SaaS.
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If your firm is paying for extra production storage space, you might be able to save money by moving older data to the archive storage drive. For pricing details, sign in to NetStaff CS, select
Help
in the Home Dashboard, then Pricing information
.- Open UltraTax CS.
- SelectFile, thenBackup.
- Select the clients whose data you want to back up, thenSelect.
- Make sure the path in theBackup locationfield goes to the archive storage drive. UseW:\UTxx_ARCHIVEas the path to the archive storage drive location. To change the archive location, selectModify Backup Location.noteDon't use the archive location to store live production data. You can store archived data in the archive drive at a lower cost. The archive drive doesn't perform at the same level as the production file servers.
- SelectBackup.
- After you've backed up the client data, selectFile, thenDeleteto delete the clients from UltraTax CS.
Restore archived data
- In UltraTax CS, selectFile, thenRestore.
- Make sure the restore path isW:\UTxx_ARCHIVE.
- Select the clients you want to restore, thenRestore.
Delete unnecessary client data proforma’d from the previous year
If you proforma’d data to the current year from the prior-year version of UltraTax CS, and your firm won't prepare a return for that client in the current year, you can save disk space by deleting the client data from the current-year version of UltraTax CS without deleting prior-year depreciation data.
- In the current-year version of UltraTax CS, close all clients.
- SelectFile, thenDelete.
- Select the clients whose data was proforma'd but not needed, thenSelect.
- Clear theDelete Fixed Assets CS datacheckbox.noteThis checkbox is available only if you're licensed for Fixed Assets CS. If the checkbox is marked, UltraTax CS will delete the current-year depreciation data.
- SelectDelete.