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Originally Posted by findingpeace
I feel that any decent hosting company should have weekly, if not daily, full backups of the site to restore. I also make an effort to download a full site & db backup each month, and before/after any major site updates.
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It would be nice if the hosting company did it, but don't just count on them. You, the admin, should be making sure to take a daily backup. See these links on backups and restoring.
From the manual:
Backing Up The Database via SSH/Telnet or
Backing Up The Database via phpMyAdmin
Restoring The Database via SSH/Telnet or
Restoring The Database via phpMyAdmin
If you don't have shell access, some people have also reported success with these scripts:
MySQLDumper
MySQLHotxcopy
Bigdump