Title: BACKUP NOT WORKING!
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# BACKUP NOT WORKING!

 *  [kristinec](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kristinec/)
 * (@kristinec)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-not-working-1/)
 * Hi had to change servers and reinstall WP.
 * -I used “WordPress Database Backup” downloaded from this website
    -Backed up 
   with no issues and created a .sql file -Reinstalled WP on a new server -Clicked
   the last link on the Import page for WP and get the following error message:
 * “Please upload a valid WXR (WordPress eXtended RSS) export file.”
 * This is the nightmare that I didn’t want to have happen.
    Please someone tell
   me what to do.

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-not-working-1/#post-861440)
 * No, it is not a nightmare. You are doing the wrong thing.
    If you have a .sql
   file – that is not suppposed to work with the import feature. Go to your phpMyadmin
   and import the .sql file there.
 * [Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup](http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup)
 *  Thread Starter [kristinec](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kristinec/)
 * (@kristinec)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-not-working-1/#post-861444)
 * I’m uploading the plugin now… thanks. Minor panic there.
 * Now, please remind me – what other directories do I upload from my backup besides
   my “theme”?
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-not-working-1/#post-861446)
 * I don’t know – whatever you need/want from the old site.
    Images, like those 
   in the /uploads/ directory. Maybe plugins.
 * What plugin are you uploading? You don’t need any plugin to do a restore.
 *  Thread Starter [kristinec](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kristinec/)
 * (@kristinec)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-not-working-1/#post-861449)
 * Moshu – can’t thank you enough. Now the backup file has completed, it looks like
   my site is completely restored to the way it was. I did this before some how 
   successfully but just didn’t remember. This was a little different though than
   the last time.
 * I used the “wp-phpmyadmin” plugin as you suggested and then clicked on “Manage”
   and selected the above with a funky looking interface where I selected my file
   locally and clicked the button “Go”.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-not-working-1/#post-861459)
 * _“wp-phpmyadmin” plugin_
    I didn’t even know such a plugin exists. I always use
   the “normal” phpMyAdmin database tool offered by the host(s).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-not-working-1/#post-861459)
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