Could I please get some help with SimpleScripts Upgrade/Restore a Backup?

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  bettylocal · Member · Jun 17, 2011 at 6:35 pm

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  (NOTE: My host, iPage, uses SimpleScripts to manage WordPress installations, upgrades, etc. I do not fully understand how SS and WP work together, i.e. where one ends and the other begins.)

  I have just come across a bunch of files in my root directory that I have to assume were automatically placed there during a WordPress version upgrade. (The files have names like ssbk_HFbv_1307563322.tar AND simplescriptsbkup_TX2H_1307563312.tar and are, I believe, directly associated to several WP installations that I have on my root hosting account.

  So, are these .tar files indeed backups from immediately before the upgrade to the latest version? Can they be used to restore a WordPress website to its previous functioning state? How???

  This is of particular interest to me just now as I have recently upgraded to the latest WP version on all of my sites. Unfortunately, one of the upgrades didn’t work properly (the DB is missing some tables I am told) so the site is “broken.” Regrettably, I failed to make a good local backup before I upgraded. Worse, my host’s backup is also no good. (They only maintain one backup and the current one was made too recently, so it is a backup of the bad site. Aaargh!)

  If one of these .tar files will help in any way, I certainly want to learn how!

  Thanks in advance for any help.

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  Blog url: http://bettylocal.com/

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  timethief · Member · Jun 17, 2011 at 6:40 pm

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  Hello there,
  Please note that we provide support on this forum only to those who have free blogs being free hosted by WordPress.COM. We cannot help you here. All those with any other web host must post to http://wordpress.ORG/support

  For clarity read > WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: The Differences > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  bettylocal · Member · Jun 17, 2011 at 6:43 pm

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  Ah…sorry about that! Will head back over there now….

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  timethief · Member · Jun 17, 2011 at 7:19 pm

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  Not to worry and best wishes. :)