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Sometimes it will happen that your Bisq instance won't start, and you don't have backups, or your backups do not start as well, or are too old to be useful.
The following is to be intended as a hacky-workaround-last-resort-attempt to have Bisq start while retaining as much data as possible from the previous installation.

=== Test with a fresh data directory ===

First of all, make sure you have the latest version installed, and Bisq is closed (terminate orphan existing processes if any), then rename your [https://bisq.wiki/Data_directory#Default_locations data directory] by changing <code>Bisq</code> to, for example, <code>Bisq.old</code>. 
Start Bisq again: it should start into a 100% new instance, creating a brand new <code>Bisq</code> folder (if it doesn't, try uninstalling and then reinstalling Bisq). 
Close Bisq again: we are going to use the freshly created Data Directory as a stump to populate with our old data.

=== Import raw data from backup ===

Open your renamed folder, get into the <code>btc_mainnet/db</code> folder, and sort files by "last modified" descending, you are looking for a series of file that were modified last, all of them in the same day (presumably the last day your Bisq was operational). 
The list should include: 
<code>BsqSwapTrades 
DisputeList 
RefundDisputeList 
SequenceNumberMap 
MyVoteList 
OpenOffers 
MyBlindVoteList 
ClosedTrades 
MediationDisputeList 
MyProposalList 
MailboxMessageList 
AccountAgeWitnessStore 
PendingTrades 
MyProofOfBurnList 
PreferencesPayload 
UserPayload 
AddressEntryList 
FailedTrades 
MyReputationList 
TempProposalStore 
NavigationPath 
UnconfirmedBsqChangeOutputList 
IgnoredMailboxMap 
PeerList 
RemovedPayloadsMap 
TradeStatistics3Store 
SignedWitnessStore 
</code>

Copy all the above files in the corresponding <code>btc_mainnet/db</code> folder of your fresh data directory, overwriting the existing ones.

Then, delete from the fresh data directory, and replace with copies from the old direcoty, the following folders: 
<code>btc_mainnet/keys 
btc_mainnet/wallet 
btc_mainnet/tor/hiddenservice 
</code>

Cross your fingers, and start Bisq again hoping that everything, including the state of trades and disputes, has been restored;if not, this is a reversible step as you can simply restore the existing old folder after deleting the fresh one you created.

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	Cross your fingers, and start Bisq again hoping that everything, including the state of trades and disputes, has been restored; if not, this is a reversible step as you can simply restore the existing old folder after deleting the fresh one you created.		Cross your fingers, and start Bisq again hoping that everything, including the state of trades and disputes, has been restored; if not, this is a reversible step as you can simply restore the existing old folder after deleting the fresh one you created.
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		+	If anything is off with the wallet balances shown by Bisq after this restore, you can try a SPV resync (or more)

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 Open your renamed folder, get into the <code>btc_mainnet/db</code> folder, and sort files by "last modified" descending, you are looking for those files that were modified most recently, all of them in the same day (presumably the last day your Bisq was operational).<br>
 The list should include:<br>
-<code>BsqSwapTrades<br>
+<code><br>BsqSwapTrades<br>
 DisputeList<br>
 RefundDisputeList<br>
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 Copy all the above files in the corresponding <code>btc_mainnet/db</code> folder of your fresh data directory, overwriting the existing ones.
-Then, delete from the fresh data directory, and replace with copies from the old direcoty, the following folders:<br>
+Then, delete from the fresh data directory, and replace with copies from the old directory, the following folders:<br>
 <code>btc_mainnet/keys<br>
 btc_mainnet/wallet<br>
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 </code>
-Cross your fingers, and start Bisq again hoping that everything, including the state of trades and disputes, has been restored;if not, this is a reversible step as you can simply restore the existing old folder after deleting the fresh one you created.
+Cross your fingers, and start Bisq again hoping that everything, including the state of trades and disputes, has been restored; if not, this is a reversible step as you can simply restore the existing old folder after deleting the fresh one you created.

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 === Import raw data from backup ===
-Open your renamed folder, get into the <code>btc_mainnet/db</code> folder, and sort files by "last modified" descending, you are looking for a series of file that were modified last, all of them in the same day (presumably the last day your Bisq was operational).<br>
+Open your renamed folder, get into the <code>btc_mainnet/db</code> folder, and sort files by "last modified" descending, you are looking for those files that were modified most recently, all of them in the same day (presumably the last day your Bisq was operational).<br>
 The list should include:<br>
 <code>BsqSwapTrades<br>

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 Sometimes it will happen that your Bisq instance won't start, and you don't have backups, or your backups do not start as well, or are too old to be useful.
 The following is to be intended as a hacky-workaround-last-resort-attempt to have Bisq start while retaining as much data as possible from the previous installation.
 === Test with a fresh data directory ===