# Restoring flows to a new server **URL:** \ **Category:** Flow Classic\ **Created:** [May 23, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.novacura.com/t/restoring-flows-to-a-new-server/952 "2025-05-23T13:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jdoherty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7C9FD7/32.png) [@jdoherty](https://forum.novacura.com/u/jdoherty)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.novacura.com/t/restoring-flows-to-a-new-server/952/1 "2025-05-23T13:16:27Z")
The hosting server for our DEV flows has gone kaput. Unfortunately I didn’t have a backup schedule in place for them. I think the folder structure of the server is intact, it’s just that it’s not booting. So I should be able to get at the Novacura folder on the server. If I install Novacura Flow Server Manager on a new server and copy the folders **FlowServerObjects** and **WorkFlows** from the Novacura directory on the kaput server drive to the new server will the flows be restored? Wil I be able to view and edit them as normal from FlowStudio if I connect to that server? I posted a similar question about his before: > [@Backing up flows](https://forum.novacura.com/t/backing-up-flows/612): > > Hi, I am backing up the flows in my PROD environment manually by doing an RMB- Export flows on the Server Manager interface (see attached image) Is there a way of automating this because I won’t be there every day to do it? Thank you. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![jdoherty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7C9FD7/32.png) [@jdoherty](https://forum.novacura.com/u/jdoherty)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.novacura.com/t/restoring-flows-to-a-new-server/952/2 "2025-05-23T14:02:46Z")
Panic over; the drive was not kaput after all; we were able to get it to boot again; the flows are all there, present and correct. ---
**Author:** ![OlaCarlander](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.novacura.com/olacarlander/32/205_2.png) [@OlaCarlander](https://forum.novacura.com/u/OlaCarlander)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.novacura.com/t/restoring-flows-to-a-new-server/952/3 "2025-05-26T06:51:52Z")
Good 🙂 I think those folders togheter with the db could have worked, but there are dependencies so if possible I like the idea of backing the hole files and dqllite-db folders up. ---
**Author:** ![daniel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.novacura.com/daniel/32/708_2.png) [@daniel](https://forum.novacura.com/u/daniel)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.novacura.com/t/restoring-flows-to-a-new-server/952/4 "2025-06-02T10:42:14Z")
Glad the panic is over… now setup a new Task Scheduler that runs and backups your flow server to a different hard drive using this script from same post: > [@Backing up flows](https://forum.novacura.com/t/backing-up-flows/612/6): > > You can automate this process with a batch script… Please change sitename, basepath, and ncpath to match your environment. sitename: Your IIS site under which Novacura is running basepath: Where you want your backups to go ncpath: The full path to the Novacura directory within the data folder @echo off setlocal set sitename=Default Web Site set basepath=C:\Users\%username%\backups\Novacura set ncpath=C:\Novacura\Data\Novacura Flow goto adminchk :adminchk ECHO Checking permissions... net se… ---
**Author:** ![jdoherty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7C9FD7/32.png) [@jdoherty](https://forum.novacura.com/u/jdoherty)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.novacura.com/t/restoring-flows-to-a-new-server/952/5 "2025-06-03T07:17:32Z")
I only back two folders from C:\Novacura Flow\Data\Novacura Flow\Data; **FlowServerObjects** and **Workflows** I don’t back up the entire **Data** folder I need to do a restore at some stage to test if it actually works.