Made Database Backup, Will This Restore My Projects?

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Mark Weiss

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Made Database Backup, Will This Restore My Projects?

PostSat Jun 07, 2025 8:14 pm

I had to connect briefly my workstation to the internet for a software license activation.
Unfortunately, it got the Microsoft Copilot365 virus in that short period.
I need to restore backup C: drive image, but realized if I do that I will lose all my Resolve projects.
So I backed up by clicking the (i) icon on the project page and backed it up to D: drive.
Is this file all I need to restore to get my projects back? All media is on other drives not C:
PRIMARY WORKSTATION: Dual Xeon E5-2667 vs, 128GB RAM, RTX3090Ti, Speed Editor, HP LP3065, LG 31MU97-B
SECONDARY WORKSTATION: i7-9700K, 64GB RAM, RTX3090, Speed Editor, HP LP3065

PROJECTION: Sony VPL-VW675ES
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Re: Made Database Backup, Will This Restore My Projects?

PostSat Jun 07, 2025 8:40 pm

In theory, yes, but you might want to take additional precautions, with more redundancy, including:

1) create/export a .drp file for each project, to be stored on a non-system disk.

2) make an actual uncompressed copy of the database -- using the OS, copy/drag the database folder to another disk (as distinct from a database backup).
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Re: Made Database Backup, Will This Restore My Projects?

PostSat Jun 07, 2025 9:18 pm

Thanks. I also archived the file location, per your suggestion. Hopefully that's everything. I looked inside the zip file and it contains many folders of settings and projects, so that is a good sign.
PRIMARY WORKSTATION: Dual Xeon E5-2667 vs, 128GB RAM, RTX3090Ti, Speed Editor, HP LP3065, LG 31MU97-B
SECONDARY WORKSTATION: i7-9700K, 64GB RAM, RTX3090, Speed Editor, HP LP3065

PROJECTION: Sony VPL-VW675ES

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