# Comenzar de nuevo con la base de datos antigua

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/starting-over-with-old-database/63577>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [29 Mayo, 2017 21:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/starting-over-with-old-database/63577 "2017-05-29T21:10:03Z")\
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> [@jameshull](#):
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> a `var/docker` folder

That is where Discourse used to be installed (years ago), so yes, that sounds right.

Discourse does do automated backups, and that is what you should be looking for. DO droplet backups will not help you reinstall Discourse and then restore the database.

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