Backup copy (Main POS)

Keep a copy of the Main POS's data on a second drive, so a spare PC can start from it.

Who uses it:OwnerWhere:Windows POSAndroid POS

On this page

Before you start
The Backup copy page
Choose the drive
If something goes wrong

When your Sub and Waiter POS work through the Main POS on your own network, every sale is saved on the Main. Backup copy keeps a copy of its data on a second drive: a USB stick, a card or a second disk. If the Main dies, a spare PC starts from the copy.

Before you start

This POS is a Main POS set to On your own network only in the back office. Other POS have no Backup copy.
A second drive is plugged into it.

The Backup copy page

HardwareClose

🖨️ Printer

💵 Drawer

🔔 Sound

💾 Backup copy1

🔄 Check for update

Every sale of this group is saved on this Main POS. It copies its data to a second drive (a second disk, an SD card, a USB stick) every 5 minutes while anything changed, and at every shift close and day end.

Kept in

E:\

2Last copy

30/10/2026 14:05 · 38 MB

It keeps the newest 3 copies and the last copy of each of 7 days. The copy is sealed: a found drive cannot be read.

Copy now4Change the drive5Keep no copy6

Hardware, Backup copy, with a drive chosen.

💾 Backup copy: the page, in Hardware. Only a Main POS on your own network lists it.
Kept in: the drive the copy is on.
Last copy: when the last good copy was made, and its size.
Copy now: makes a copy at once, for example before you take the stick out.
Change the drive: choose another drive.
Keep no copy: stops the copies. The POS then warns that no copy is set up.

Choose the drive

On the table screen, tap ⚙, then 🔌 Hardware, then 💾 Backup copy.
It asks Where should this Main POS keep its backup copy? and lists this PC's drives.
Beside the drive you want, press Keep the copy here.
The page now shows Kept in. After the first copy, it shows Last copy too.

The drive with this POS's own data cannot be chosen: a copy there would be lost with it. A drive the list does not show can be typed in Or type a folder on another drive.

The Main can also ask by itself: This Main POS now saves every sale of its sub and waiter POS. Keep a backup copy on a second drive? Press Choose the drive, or Not now to do it later in Hardware.

On Android

Press Choose the folder and pick a folder on an SD card or a USB stick, not on the device's own storage. Change the folder chooses another.

If something goes wrong

No second drive was found. Plug in a USB stick or a card, then search again.: plug one in, then press Search again.
The backup copy could not be written. Check the second drive.: check the stick or card is in and has room, then press Copy now.
The backup copy is 45 minutes old. Check the second drive.: the copies have stopped. Check the drive, then press Copy now.