Restoring Backup from cPanel

  • tylerhenson801

    (@tylerhenson801)


    9 years ago

    Hello awesome people! 🙂

    I have an issue that I’m trying to resolve (if it even can be), but I’m not having any luck finding a solution.

    I used to run a blog, and decided not to renew the domain. Before it expired, I went in and ran a complete backup of the site using my host’s control panel, assuming that everything I would need from WordPress to reinstall later would be included in the backup file.

    I have all the files, and placed them into a sub-directory on a new site I just started, but when I go to the page, it says “Error establishing database communication.”

    Question is, is it possible to restore my previous site and its contents this way, somehow… or am I screwed? I’m not interested in pictures or anything, there are just a couple of articles I would like to recover.

    Any help is greatly appreciated!

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  • WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    9 years ago

    You’d need to get a copy of your database from the hosting company – sounds like you don’t have that?

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    9 years ago

    If you just want a bit of content, try the web archive :

    http://archive.org/web/

    Thread Starter tylerhenson801

    (@tylerhenson801)

    9 years ago

    If it didn’t come through the backup I did of the entire site, then no! 🙁 I’ll try the link you gave though. Hopefully that works!

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