Before you put your new website live, you should create a backup of your original website.
Please note - the instructions here were correct at the time of writing this - the httrack software may have changed since - unfortunately that is beyond our control.
1. Download and install
HTTrack Website Copier.
2. Click
Next.
![Step1 backup Step1 backup](https://images.zeald.com/site/zhelp/images/Step1_backup.jpg)
3. Enter Project Name and Project Category, then click "..." to select your download location. Once done, click Next.
![Step2 backup Step2 backup](https://images.zeald.com/site/zhelp/images/Step2_backup.jpg)
4. Click Action drop-down and select Download web site(s).
5. Enter the website URL on the
Web Addresses: (URL) field.
NOTE: Alternatively, you can add a website by clicking the
Add URL... button, then adding the URL of the website.
![Step5 Step5](https://images.zeald.com/site/zhelp/images/Step5.a_backup.jpg)
6. If you would like setting advanced options like proxy, Flow Control and MIME types, or, if you would like to exclude certain types of files and link, click
Set options... NOTE: Use this feature at your own risk.
![Step5 Step5](https://images.zeald.com/site/zhelp/images/Step5.a_backup.jpg)
7. Click
Next.
8. Select a connection from the Connect to this provider dropdown.
![Step6 backup Step6 backup](https://images.zeald.com/site/zhelp/images/Step6_backup.jpg)
9. Click
Finish to start download.
9. Once done, click
Browse Mirrored Website to view the copy of your website.
NOTE: Not all components will be downloaded. To know which components were not downloaded, click
View error log.
10. Zip your website files into a compressed folder. You should upload this to your Google Drive folder to keep safe.