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• Download a database backup from your PrestaShop back-officeback office.
  Go to the the "DB Backup" page, then follow the instructions on the page.

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  This page is available from: PrestaShop 1.4: under the "Tools" tab, in the "DB Backup" sub-tab. PrestaShop 1.5 and later: under the "Advanced parameters", in the "DB Backup" page.

  This process will take between 1 and 20 minutes depending on the size of your database, after you will see a link appear on the page, titled "Download the Backup file (size)". Click it, and make sure this backup is functional, recent, and especially that it contains of all the data of your website. Open the zip file and make sure that there are absolutely NO ERRORS in the .sql file it contains before proceeding to the next step.

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Now go to your store's administration page, using your customized /admin folder name. You will have to log in using your usual credentials. Browse through the various administration page and check if the content is indeed there and that all the back - office pages do work, then take the store out of maintenance mode in order to explore the front - office pages the way a regular visitor would, and make sure that they all work.

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