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How to Back Up a Website Using an FTP ClientIn Feburary 2016 24,

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Open the 'Start' menu and type 'Command Prompt' in the search field, click on the shortcut that appears in the search results. Type 'cd C:\location\of\files' without the quotes and press 'Enter' to change to the backup directory. Replace 'C:\location\of\files' with the folder you plan to use to back up your site.
Type 'ftp ftp.yourwebsite.com' and press enter. Replace 'yourwebsite.com' with the URL of your site. Type in your user name and password when prompted.
Type 'cd /path/to/website' and press 'Enter' to change the directory to your website directory if necessary. In most cases you will already be in your website's directory. If in doubt, ask your Web host.
Type 'mget
' and press 'Enter' to back up all your website files in the local computer. To restore them instead, type 'mput
' and press 'Enter.'
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