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I have lost my server

hi there. I was using a hosting server with this ip 138.197.159.89 and by mistake I have disable the droplet. now I want to reactive it. can you guide me how I can recover my lost droplet


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Bobby Iliev
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August 27, 2021
Accepted Answer

Hey @votekashifkhan,

The best thing to do in such a case is to restore your server from a backup/snapshot:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/images/snapshots/how-to/create-and-restore-droplets/

However, if you did not have backups enabled, the server might be lost. You could try to get in touch with the DigitalOcean support team and ask them if they have a backup by any chance but it is highly unlikely:

https://www.digitalocean.com/support/

Hope that helps! - Bobby.

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