Restoring A Previous Backup
Importing previously backed up content
If a Factory Reset was completed or if the Primary Drive was accidentally Forgotten in the app, then all in-app data such as albums, people, tags, etc. will be lost and Monument will need to import and analyze the content again.
- Any currently saved hard drives must first be forgotten in the app
- Go to Settings > Hard Drives > Click on Primary Drive > Click the Settings icon > Click Forget> Proceed through the warning messages
- This will also remove your backup drive if one is connected
- Unplug all hard drives from Monument
- Connect the primary driveto a computer and open it
- Create a new folder on the drive (Name can be anything, but do not use "Monument")
- Open the Monument folder in a new window
- Open your User folder
- Drag all camera folders to the new folder
- Reveal hidden folders on the drive
- Open the ".incoming" folder and transfer any content inside to the new folder. Do not transfer the folder itself.
- If there is an import folder then transfer that to the new folder as well
- Wait for the transfer to complete
- Copy the other user's folders to your desktop
- Delete the Monument folder
- Safely eject the primary drive from your computer
- Connect the primary drive backto Monument
- Open the app and there will be an in-app message asking what you'd like to do with the hard drive
- Select Use as storage
- Go to Settings > Hard Drives > Click on Primary Drive > Click Import From Hard Drive
- Select the new folder
- Monument will begin to import and organize everything that you had previously backed up
- The other users will need to use the desktop app to upload their user folders containing their content