Hello I made an website. I made a backup in a healthy state. I had an error from my mistake. I tried to restore the backup. I got an error that says I already have an installed WordPress on my domain so I delete the file from the file manager and I got the error above:
Anyway thanks you but maybe I will make the whole website from the start but may do you have something to suggest me for avoiding the same problem on the future?
If there was not a lot of content and configuration, you can do that, or wait to see if the issue is quickly resolved.
Take a manual backup every time you change something you don’t want to loose. You can do this my downloading all the files via FTP and exporting the database.
Thanks!
Yes I had a backup that doesn’t work and I must to reinstall WordPress and all the whole site. It was a big site that I couldn’t restore. So thanks you very much for your help but I will go to make it again now…
I already said that may be because of the DB error. If it was a big site, I would just try and see if the issue is resolved. Keep trying to backup and see if it works.
I’m not sure if the Softaculous backup/restore option works very well on our hosting. That’s also why we do not suggest using it in our recommended backup instructions.
Also, professional systems administrators all know: a backup isn’t a backup until you know you can restore it.