# Automatic server backups for Windows. Restore backups

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatic-server-backups-for-windows-restore-backups/884824>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [August 9, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatic-server-backups-for-windows-restore-backups/884824 "2024-08-09T14:12:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![zaoptom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/zaoptom/32/25282_2.png) [@zaoptom](https://forums.plex.tv/u/zaoptom)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatic-server-backups-for-windows-restore-backups/884824/1 "2024-08-09T14:12:23Z")

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Recently reinstalled Windows and just moving folders didn’t help. Plex would not start. Maybe a backup feature can be scheduled in the future. To make a scheduled copy of the database once a week? Or how to migrate data after reinstalling Windows?

Thanks for your help!

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatic-server-backups-for-windows-restore-backups/884824/2 "2024-08-09T14:19:17Z")

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> [@zaoptom](#):
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> Maybe a backup feature can be scheduled in the future. To make a scheduled copy of the database once a week?

You can already enable that in the server settings. Though it’s not primarily targeted for server migration use cases.

[https://support.plex.tv/articles/202197488-scheduled-server-maintenance/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202197488-scheduled-server-maintenance/)

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> [@zaoptom](#):
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> Or how to migrate data after reinstalling Windows?

[https://support.plex.tv/articles/201370363-move-an-install-to-another-system/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201370363-move-an-install-to-another-system/)

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**Author:** ![zaoptom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/zaoptom/32/25282_2.png) [@zaoptom](https://forums.plex.tv/u/zaoptom)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatic-server-backups-for-windows-restore-backups/884824/3 "2024-08-09T14:34:07Z")

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Thank you so much!!! Couldn’t find the info earlier! **Thank you**!!!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatic-server-backups-for-windows-restore-backups/884824/4 "2024-11-07T14:34:38Z")

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