# How to restore a server backup

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-restore-a-server-backup/267934>\
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**Created:** [August 7, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-restore-a-server-backup/267934 "2008-08-07T13:06:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-restore-a-server-backup/267934/1 "2008-08-07T13:06:50Z")

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i’ve made a backup of my files from my host using the cpanel they provided; now i want to put the backuped files and replace the current ones.

how should i proceed?

i used the restore function from cpanel, waited a lot of time, during this lot of time in the status bar of firefox the “sending request to server” message was displayed; after that a list with a part of the files from the backup appeared, these files were now there on the server replacing the previous ones, exactly how i wanted, but why only a part of them? can’t i restore all my files? is there a limit? or was just an error and i should try again? is there any other way to restore my files?

10x in advance!