# Didn't export files to backup but have copied a folder - still possible to use the page?

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/didnt-export-files-to-backup-but-have-copied-a-folder-still-possible-to-use-the-page/40330>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [December 6, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/didnt-export-files-to-backup-but-have-copied-a-folder-still-possible-to-use-the-page/40330 "2023-12-06T22:32:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![potti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/potti/32/20305_2.png) [@potti](https://community.localwp.com/u/potti)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/didnt-export-files-to-backup-but-have-copied-a-folder-still-possible-to-use-the-page/40330/1 "2023-12-06T22:32:04Z")

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### What issue or error are you experiencing?

Hi Folks, i needed to switch from my old laptop to a pc really fast and i forgot to export the sites (Blueprint and a Project) to .zip or similar.  
What i have done is to Copy the “LocalWP” folder where the two things are within.  
Is it possible to copy the data (Around 700MB) to a specific location to restore everything or is it all gone?  
There is a WordPress folder structure within. “D:\LocalWP\Local Sites\mad-d3sign\app\public\wp-admin” for example.

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### What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc

Forget to make Backups.

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### System Details

- **Local Version:**

- **Operating System (OS) and OS version:**  
Win11

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### Local Logs

No logfiles, since new LocalWP installation.

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**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/didnt-export-files-to-backup-but-have-copied-a-folder-still-possible-to-use-the-page/40330/2 "2023-12-07T14:02:31Z")

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Hi @potti

As long as you have everything you need you should be able to manually restore via the steps here:

> **[Import/Export a WordPress Site](https://localwp.com/help-docs/getting-started/how-to-import-a-wordpress-site-into-local/#Manually-Import-a-Local-site)**
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> This help document will walk you through how to import and export a site to and from Local. It will also go over how to restore from only Local site files. Table of Contents: Local is pretty flexible…

You can also bundle the files back together and make your own zip to import. More details here:

> **[Import/Export a WordPress Site](https://localwp.com/help-docs/getting-started/how-to-import-a-wordpress-site-into-local/#restore-local-site-from-site-files)**
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> This help document will walk you through how to import and export a site to and from Local. It will also go over how to restore from only Local site files. Table of Contents: Local is pretty flexible…

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/didnt-export-files-to-backup-but-have-copied-a-folder-still-possible-to-use-the-page/40330/3 "2024-03-06T14:03:00Z")

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