# Restoring from files timing out / failing silently **URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/restoring-from-files-timing-out-failing-silently/12593 **Category:** Support **Created:** [June 21, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/restoring-from-files-timing-out-failing-silently/12593 "2021-06-21T11:32:08Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### Author: ![ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/ts678) #### Post date: [June 22, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/restoring-from-files-timing-out-failing-silently/12593/5 "2021-06-22T14:44:18Z")
> [@emigu](#): > > Thus, there is nothing left and Duplicati is tasked to look for the backup in the files created, from there it should build a database and then restore files. I’m still confused by what woke up and ran on Monday, but it sounds like this is a one-time limited restore, without intention of resuming backup. You want a PST from an old destination inactive since about March. > [@emigu](#): > > We’ve tested this on much smaller servers It “should” normally work. If you can get verbose logs, that may show something. Even progress is useful information. I forget if this DB recreate has a progress bar, but if it does, 70% to 100% is downloading the dblock files in search of missing information, and 90% to 100% searches everything left. It can be slow… If you actually have destination damage, another thing to try is [Duplicati.CommandLine.RecoveryTool.exe](https://duplicati.readthedocs.io/en/latest/07-other-command-line-utilities/#duplicaticommandlinerecoverytoolexe) which takes a simpler approach that withstands damage better. The UI is unfortunately also kind of crude. [Fastest way to restore part of a backup](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/fastest-way-to-restore-part-of-a-backup/10849/6) is an example of how to awkwardly get one file with an exclude… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/restoring-from-files-timing-out-failing-silently/12593)._