About Importing Data

You can selectively import files from an exported archive using the Download option or the FTP option.

If your account has been deleted, you need to contact your service provider in order to have your account imported from the archive.

Review the following important notes before you import files:

• If a file by the same name, as the one being imported, exists on your server, the existing file is not replaced or overwritten, in other words, the file is not restored from the archive.
• The import operation automatically uncompresses the archive and updates your working directories with the archived content.
• Do NOT manually uncompress the file to make changes to the archived files and upload them again as a compressed .gz file. If the files in the archive are manually modified, you cannot import files from the archive again. This is a security measure to ensure that the archived files are not corrupted by malicious scripts.