# Curious observation on copying an index **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 26, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curious-observation-on-copying-an-index/23693 "2015-05-26T20:45:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jackpark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jackpark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jackpark)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curious-observation-on-copying-an-index/23693/1 "2015-05-26T20:45:05Z")
Windoz 7: ES 1.3.2: added some 6 million documents distributed over two index instances. Decided to "bookmark" that collection by copying it to another directory in case something crashed going forward. Something crashed. Copied the clone back to the index directory. On booting and looking at it from the Elastic HQ viewer, I could see that it recorded the size of one of the index, but showed 0 documents in it. The other (smaller) index still showed all its documents and proper size. What happened? Thanks in advance for ideas. Jack ## -- Please update your bookmarks! We have moved to [https://discuss.elastic.co/](https://discuss.elastic.co/) You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAH6s0fw55YV\_BB8jo3FuPyRL-7G2B-R5YfyRN%3D0ZcggKKCixLA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAH6s0fw55YV_BB8jo3FuPyRL-7G2B-R5YfyRN%3D0ZcggKKCixLA%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curious-observation-on-copying-an-index/23693/2 "2017-07-06T00:11:49Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 12:11am UTC