# Snapshot & Restore clarification **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 11, 2016, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-clarification/38866 "2016-01-11T11:03:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![shubham9799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@shubham9799](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shubham9799)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-clarification/38866/8 "2017-06-08T09:46:41Z")
> [@Files change during snapshot and restore process](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/files-change-during-snapshot-and-restore-process/88694): > > I took second snapshot after adding some files and try to find the difference. I found that some files also got removed and some got modified. But if I am adding documents, why some files get removed from the backup? I am asking this because I want to copy the new files to a different location. If some files are getting modified or deleted, then I have no option left and copy the whole repository folder which will be very time consuming. Here is the new thread as asked. --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-clarification/38866)._