# Restoring a backup from an external device

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First of all, we insert our USB stick into the PC. After that, we open the USB stick folder and navigate to the backup file.

Let’s now copy the file

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After that, we have to navigate to the wallet data directory located in **`%appdata%`** as shown in the picture (Windows 11).

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We can now open the coin’s folder we are looking for (in our case Sapphire)

![](/files/DDKbDQ8ecqwUmy6j8wJX)

**NB The file name must always be wallet.dat** so we need to rename the old one first.

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We can now paste the file we copied previously from the USB stick<br>

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As a final step, we rename the file to wallet.dat

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The wallet is restored and we can start our Sapphire wallet.

**NB: As mentioned earlier, make sure the wallet file name is wallet.dat, or else your wallet will not recognize it. Secondly, do not move or rename other files or data directories.**


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