How to Resolve Sage 50 General.dat Error

Sage 50 is fast consolidating its position as one of the most popular accounting software amongst businesses all over the world. With its rich assembly of features and automated tools, Sage 50 has helped businesses accomplish their accounting tasks more efficiently than ever before. However, it’s quite normal for accounting software to have issues and bugs and Sage 50 is no exception.

Many users have reported that they have faced the Sage 50 General.dat Error quite frequently of late. If you are also troubled by this error message, we can be of great help. In this blog, we will look at multiple ways to fix this issue once and for all.

Oh, wait! Before proceeding ahead, let’s get to know why this issue occurs at all.

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What Causes the Sage 50 General.dat Error?

Some prominent causes of the Sage 50 General.dat Error are listed below –

The Company data folder is not located in the data path
Improper file settings
Incorrect permissions assigned to a shared folder
Corrupt/Damaged file
Bad sector on your hard drive

How to fix Sage 50 General.dat Error?

Here are some easy ways to fix the Sage 50 General.dat Error –

Total Time: 25 minutes

If the Company Data Folder is not Located in the Data Path

Please follow the instructions below-
🔹 Browse to the folder that contains the company file listed
🔹 Copy the entire data folder. For example, if the error message has listed the file as F:\Peachw\acmecorp\general.DAT, browse to the folder location F:\Peachw and copy the folder named acmecorp
🔹 Navigate to your data path.
🔹 Paste the folder you copied, into your data path
🔹 Open Sage 50
🔹 Check if you can open your company now

If there is an I/O Error in .dat file that can be Reindexed

Please follow the instructions below-
🔹 Go to the Help section
🔹 Now click on Customer Support>>Service
🔹 Click on the Integrity Check tab
🔹 Choose Backup
🔹 Give a suitable name to your backup
🔹 Specify the location to save the backup
🔹 Now select Save
🔹 The Integrity Check window will pop up. Choose Reindex Files
🔹 Click on the Reindex File List
🔹 Choose the file listed in the error message
🔹 Click OK to proceed
🔹 If you receive a prompt stating that the file cannot be reindexed, go to the file location, right-click on the file name and click Properties. Uncheck the Read-only check box, if already checked. 🔹 Now try again to reindex the file
🔹 If the file was not read-only, but the attempt to reindex fails, you will have to restore a backup made before the error occurred.

If there is an I/O Error in .dat File that Cannot be Reindexed Normally

Please follow the instructions below-
🔹 You can run the Repair Company utility if you are facing an I/O error in a file that is not included on the reindex file list.
🔹 If you receive a prompt stating that the file cannot be reindexed, go to the file location, right-click on the file name and click Properties. Uncheck the Read-only check box, if already checked. Now try again to reindex the file
🔹 If the file was not read-only, but the attempt to reindex fails, you will have to restore a backup made before the error occurred.

The troubleshooting methods mentioned above should help you to fix the Sage 50 General.dat Error on your system. If you are still not able to get rid of this issue, or, if you experience any difficulties in performing the above-mentioned steps, we would recommend you to speak to some seasoned Sage experts.

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