Downloading Your Control Panel Backup to Local Computer

# Download files to local computer and upload files via FTP to website (Control Panel {{home}}).
# Send a TAR or ZIP archive containing selected or all files to the Control Panel {{home}} directory. See [Sending Your Control Panel Account Backup to Control Panel Home].


This topic describes the *second* option. Follow the instructions below to download your Control Panel account backup as a ZIP or TAR archive to your local machine.
{info:title=Tip}These instructions are for Control Panel end-users. {info}


1. Access the R1Soft CDP Web Interface. Read more in these articles:
* [CDP3:Accessing Your Account Backups via Direct Link]
* [Accessing Your Account Backups via cPanel Plugin]

2. You will see a list of Recovery Points storing your Control Panel user data.

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{info:title=Note}You can access only the files you own. You cannot restore files owned by other users or root files.
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3. Locate a Recovery Point from which you want to restore your data.

4. Now, specify which data you want to restore.

h5. To include all data

Click on the "Download" !q4.png! icon to the right of the Recovery Point.

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h5. To include the {{home}} directory

Click on the "Browse" icon !cpicon.png! next to the Recovery Point.

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Select the checkbox in front of the {{home}} directory.

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Click on the "Download Selected" button to download the entire {{home}} directory as an archive.

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h5. To include selected files and folders

Click on the "Browse" !cpicon.png! icon to browse through the Recovery Point content and specify the files and folder you want to download.

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* To go to the parent folder, click on "Up."

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* To go to the desired folder, manually type the path into the address bar and click "Go."

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* To find out the current path, see the location field.

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* To change the number of items per page, type a value into the "Items Per Page" field located on the bottom panel and press <Enter>. By default, the maximum number of items displayed per page is 50.

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* To navigate by page, click on the arrow icons or type a page number into the appropriate field on the bottom panel and press <Enter>.

Click on the "Download Selected" button.

Click "Next."

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Click "Next."

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7. On the last "Summary" screen, the settings you have selected will be listed.

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After you have verified that the specified settings are correct, click "Download."

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8. The archive will be downloaded to your computer.

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9. {color:#333333}Select all files, or browse for specific files within the archive, and e{color}xtract them to a local Windows computer.

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10. Upload the extracted files via FTP to the hosting server.

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{excerpt:hidden=true}Instructions on how to download your Control Panel account backup to a Local Computer as an archive.{excerpt}