# How To Restore? 

**URL:** <https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/how-to-restore/697>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 7, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/how-to-restore/697 "2021-03-07T08:14:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![ccigas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/ccigas/32/246_2.png) [@ccigas](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/ccigas)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/how-to-restore/697/1 "2021-03-07T08:14:16Z")

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Hello everyone, I upgraded my server today and after I copied in all my files for BW, I assumed the vault and all the users would be all there in my new install. Turns out it didnt work the way I was thinking. Luckily I took a back up of my vault but completely forgot about my two family members using it.

I still have the copied off db files but I am not sure how to restore them. I stopped bitwarden in my docker compose yaml, copied the db over again and still no luck.

How can I restore with these db files?

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**Author:** ![kirKanos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kirKanos](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/kirKanos)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/how-to-restore/697/2 "2021-03-08T18:00:03Z")

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Hi,

I have a similar issue:  
db.sqlite3 wont load into the new version of bitwarden from backup - but rather asks me to register as a new user - impacts all users on my instance.