Title: Duplicator Files
Last modified: October 2, 2026

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# Duplicator Files

 *  [checmark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/checmark/)
 * (@checmark)
 * [11 hours, 54 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicator-files/)
 * I’ve been going through pure hell trying to get a backup of my critical business
   site. My host does not do regular backups which came as a big surprise after 
   a site was hacked, and it cost me a hundred and fifty dollars to have a company
   restore it. I use Updraft+ on my other sites but it failed on this site because
   of “large files”. I’ve tried several other backup plugins, all of which failed.
   I finally found this one. I was hoping for one that would do a backup on my host,
   but this one created one to download to my computer. It created two files that
   I don’t recognize, one a DAF and one a PHP. My question is simply in a worst 
   case scenario can I use these files to restore my site and my database?
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 * Last reply from: [checmark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/checmark/)
 * Last activity: [11 hours, 54 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicator-files/)
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