Title: Backupwordpress restore problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Backupwordpress restore problems

 *  [austink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/austink/)
 * (@austink)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-restore-problems/)
 * I had the plugin backupwordpress installed and the backups are .tar.gz files.
   I tried extracting them and get an error that says “invalid archive directory”.
 * I have searched the backupwordpress plugin for instructions on how to restore
   and can’t find any. My assumption is that I somehow have to get this .tar.gz 
   file to a .sql file and then import through the phpMyAdmin.
 * Thanks for any help or direction you can offer.

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 *  [Eric Amundson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sewmyheadon/)
 * (@sewmyheadon)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-restore-problems/#post-806656)
 * Austink,
 * Are you using Windows? If not, what platform?
 * You need to make sure you have a utility that will un-tar these backups and the
   built-in functionality in Windows won’t as far as I know.
 * There are open source alternatives out there like:
 * [http://www.7-zip.org/](http://www.7-zip.org/)
    [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Zip](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Zip)
 * Once you’ve decompressed the file, you will use phpMyAdmin to restore.
 * [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/restore/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/restore/)
   
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup](http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup)
 *  Thread Starter [austink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/austink/)
 * (@austink)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-restore-problems/#post-806733)
 * I am using Windows. I thought that your suggestion was going to solve my problems.
 * I downloaded 7-zip and chose to extract the backup file which was .tar.gz and
   it gave me a .tar file. I tried to extract the .tar file and nothing happens?
 * I must be missing something, since it just doesn’t seem like it should be this
   tough.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [austink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/austink/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-restore-problems/#post-806733)
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