"Steve" <steve@rawlings.demon.co.uk> wrote in message 
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>> Hello & thanks for your reply.
>>
>> Yes the backup is saved to a second PC.......................how on earth 
>> do I copy it back to the *@h box?
>>
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> If the asterisk and your second pc are networked something like winSCP3 
> would be easy, get hold of a copy and connect to your * box, it's a bit 
> like windows explorer so you can copy the file from your pc in explorer, 
> goto winSCP3 on your pc, connect to your * and paste the backup in the 
> right folder, get a copy of putty too, with this you can run a terminal 
> window to your * server on your second pc, use this to login as root, cd 
> to the directory where the backup is and run restore-aah.
>
> regards,
>
> Steve
>
>

Thanks - I had tried that yesterday but had no idea where to put it.

Your previous sorted it, so thanks for that.

All back to normal now.

Wish you lived next door!