# Unable to import site from zip file

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-import-site-from-zip-file/25981>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 16, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-import-site-from-zip-file/25981 "2021-06-16T18:16:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![helgatheviking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/helgatheviking/32/7721_2.png) [@helgatheviking](https://community.localwp.com/u/helgatheviking)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-import-site-from-zip-file/25981/1 "2021-06-16T18:16:00Z")

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### Issue Summary

I recently had to completely reset my harddrive. Before I did that I copied all my sites to an external and then compressed each site into a zip file. When I drag the zip file into Local it begins to import, but eventually fails with the following error:

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, realpath… cannot actually read the entire path

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/2X/4/498cbffb508877538319e183b001b4ac2ad3dc95.png)

Windows 10 Home Version 10.0.19041  
Local 5.10.5+5403

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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:** [September 14, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-import-site-from-zip-file/25981/2 "2021-09-14T18:16:02Z")

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