# Restore local gateway projects **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 4, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/restore-local-gateway-projects/10978 "2016-01-04T06:03:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mel)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/restore-local-gateway-projects/10978/1 "2016-01-04T06:03:39Z")
Is it possible to restore local gateway projects after done PC reformat. Because I forgot to backup my latest projects and did not enable the auto backup in gateway settings, because my PC accidentally encountered fatal error, so I reformat it, and after that I installed Ignition again and all of project was gone. Any suggestions/comments thanks in advance šŸ˜ŠšŸ˜¢šŸ˜¢ ---
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/restore-local-gateway-projects/10978/2 "2016-01-04T11:38:47Z")
Well, if you reformatted the drive, then youā€™re pretty well hosed. ā˜¹ Ignition does still make itā€™s own backups internally that can be found at {Install Dir}\contexts\main\db\autobackup that can help you get out of a jam, but you would have had to grab those before reformating. ---
**Author:** ![kudrot.elahi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3d9bf3/32.png) [@kudrot.elahi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kudrot.elahi)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/restore-local-gateway-projects/10978/3 "2020-06-27T07:41:03Z")
Hi Jordan, I forgot to take a backup of my gateway backup when I restored another Gateway and lost old project and gateway backup. Is there anyway I can have my old project and gateway? ( Else I have to do my 3 days work again). ---
**Author:** ![kudrot.elahi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3d9bf3/32.png) [@kudrot.elahi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kudrot.elahi)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/restore-local-gateway-projects/10978/4 "2020-06-27T07:44:53Z")
![autobackup27](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/e/dee72cbe134f747d80da2fec79c3da57f2a37dff.jpeg) I have these file in autobackup folder. How to restore the latest? ---
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/restore-local-gateway-projects/10978/5 "2020-06-27T10:53:55Z")
> [@Missing SQL Tags](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/missing-sql-tags/2609/4): > > Iā€™d quickly go grab the files in the ā€œautobackupā€ directory under ā€œ{Install Dir}\contexts\main\db\autobackupā€ and copy them aside. Upload the oldest and most recent to the [uploads area](http://www.inductiveautomation.com/upload) using ticket id #1887. You should probably also shut down the gateway and zip up the main files in that ā€œdbā€ directory (just the various ā€œsettingsā€ files) and upload that as well. Hopefully itā€™s something easy enough to recover from. ---
**Author:** ![Vibhuti\_Patel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Vibhuti\_Patel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Vibhuti_Patel)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/restore-local-gateway-projects/10978/6 "2024-09-06T14:44:53Z")
I have the same issue how did you figure it out ?