# Load projects that were backed up during a restore **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [June 20, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/load-projects-that-were-backed-up-during-a-restore/92178 "2024-06-20T18:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pat\_Cunningham](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pat_cunningham/32/57710_2.png) [@Pat\_Cunningham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pat_Cunningham)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/load-projects-that-were-backed-up-during-a-restore/92178/1 "2024-06-20T18:39:51Z")
How do I load projects that were backed up during a restore. They saved in the bak folder in the image but to import a project I need a .proj, .xml or .zip files. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/8/481796fa0bd2a826508c84abc39053d39faed36b.png) ---
**Author:** ![Felipe\_CRM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Felipe\_CRM](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Felipe_CRM)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/load-projects-that-were-backed-up-during-a-restore/92178/2 "2024-06-20T18:51:13Z")
Check how they're organized, you might be able to just .zip the project folder contents and restore that. I know the ones in the regular gateway backup (`projects/`) can be extracted out that way but haven't seen the .bak before. ---
**Author:** ![Pat\_Cunningham](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pat_cunningham/32/57710_2.png) [@Pat\_Cunningham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pat_Cunningham)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/load-projects-that-were-backed-up-during-a-restore/92178/3 "2024-06-20T18:55:13Z")
That worked. Thanks