# E-mail error message **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 7, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/e-mail-error-message/5973 "2016-06-07T18:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/e-mail-error-message/5973/7 "2017-01-05T17:34:18Z")
No. Your accounting data is not in the program, but in a separate data file called by the program. It is always a good idea to make a backup on a separate drive before updating, of course. See this Guide: > [@Make a backup of existing business](https://forum.manager.io/t/make-a-backup-of-existing-business/6258): > > Before you start working with Manager, it’s important for you to know how to backup your future accounting data. Backups will allow you to restore the original data after a data loss event. As long as new accounting data is being recorded, backups will need to be performed at frequent intervals. The most common method of performing a backup of Manager is to use the Backup button in the top-right corner when working with an accounting entity. Example Let’s try to backup a business named “Brill… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.manager.io/t/e-mail-error-message/5973)._