Title: Upgrade/backup issues.
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Upgrade/backup issues.

 *  [taseerdc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taseerdc/)
 * (@taseerdc)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgradebackup-issues/)
 * Hi,
 * I had upgraded my 1.2 to 1.5, and it seemed to be working, with the exception
   of comments. Then some drama went on with my server, and to cut a long story 
   short, I lost everything. Luckily, I’d backed up all my data both locally and
   on the server’s end, but unluckily, I’m screwed.
 * See, I asked my server folks to restore all of my data, and they did; files, 
   folders, MySQL database and everything. But now, when I try to open up the URL(
   [http://www.venialsin.com](http://www.venialsin.com)), I get a message saying
   that I haven’t installed WP yet, and need to run the install script. If/when 
   I do that, it runs through the install process, but I keep getting a variety 
   of table error messages, and at the end, the username and password I’m given 
   don’t work.
 * Any ideas/advice about what I should do (I’m looking imploringly at Podz here…;-
   D)?
 * Thanks!

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgradebackup-issues/#post-156534)
 * Morning 🙂
 * You have a local backup ? Good, don’t trust your hosts.
    If your hosts have finished
   messing about with their paying customers …. you restore it using the guide I
   wrote – do not ask the host to do it, they are obviously getting something wrong.
 * Delete the lot – you have a backup.
 * When you restore, you do not run /install.php or /upgrade.php, you just blog.
   
   Restore the db Restore the files Check the pw in wp-config.php Blog.
 *  Thread Starter [taseerdc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taseerdc/)
 * (@taseerdc)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgradebackup-issues/#post-156540)
 * I’m all restored now, thank goodness. Will probably hold off on the 1.5 upgrade
   for a few days until I’m more settled in again! Out of curiousity, am I supposed
   to re-import my database files once I’ve completed the upgrade, or leave it as
   is? When I’d upgraded, I simply couldn’t access my comments, and no one could
   leave them…didn’t know how to get around that.
 * Thanks again!
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgradebackup-issues/#post-156541)
 * The upgrade shouldn’t require you to do anything to do with importing.
    I would
   keep the backup you have, and make another immeditely prior to the upgrade.
 * Depending on how you view your hosts situation, you might want to look at how
   often you are backing up the db.
 * Glad it went okay 🙂

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgradebackup-issues/#post-156541)
 * Status: not resolved

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