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## Restore IBEX from backup(s)

As part of the deployment script, backup zip files will be created in `C:\data\old\ibex_backup_<date>`.
If you need to go back to a previous backup, you can restore a full backup using the `tar` command, which
is available in any `cmd` window.

For example, to restore `c:\Instrument\Apps\Python3` from a backup, run the following in a `cmd` window:

```
mkdir c:\Instrument\Apps\Python3
tar -xf c:\data\old\ibex_backup_<date>\Python3.zip -C c:\Instrument\Apps\Python3
```

If the `mkdir` step fails with the target directory already existing, delete or move it elsewhere
before restoring the backup.

If you instead wish to just restore/check the contents of a single file, the backups are standard `.zip`
archives which can be browsed using any zip tool - for example `7-zip` is relatively convenient and widely
installed on NDX computers.

## Install IBEX for the first time
_Note this is unlikely to happen now we've migrated most instruments, and SECI instruments should have a copy of IBEX at the least._
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