# Rolling back the database

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/rolling-back-the-database/828889>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-synology\
**Created:** [January 30, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rolling-back-the-database/828889 "2023-01-30T19:34:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![SannyWanny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@SannyWanny](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SannyWanny)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rolling-back-the-database/828889/1 "2023-01-30T19:34:10Z")

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Hi  
I run plex media server on a Synology NAS. 4 internal HDDs and 2 USB external drives. All the drives have a number of movie files on. one of the USB drives has totally failed. That in itself was not an issue as when I logged into plex it showed the files on the failed drive as unavailable so started a list to rip them from blu ray. However, I updated plex today and in doing so it updated the database which is no longer showing the unavailable files.  
Is there any way I can roll back to the previous database to see the unavailable files?  
Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rolling-back-the-database/828889/2 "2023-01-30T20:54:51Z")

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Check your server settings. If you have this enabled, you can just take one of these backups, rename it, and copy over the old one.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/1/d/9/1d9114c62fb3928af7cc59d56b1aa4b6a4e032ac.png)

[https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/)

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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:** [April 30, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rolling-back-the-database/828889/3 "2023-04-30T20:55:10Z")

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