# Restoring flows to a new server

**URL:** <https://forum.novacura.com/t/restoring-flows-to-a-new-server/952>\
**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")\
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**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")

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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):
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> 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…

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