https://www.icyphoenix.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6468&p=44444#p44444
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novice programmer
Wed 16 Sep, 2009 22:39

Re: Possible Bug In Backup Utility
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if his old hosting company still has got a association for the domain name, edit your hosts file and point the domain name to the old host, so you will get access to files, DBs and so on on the old hoster.

I guess the old host is free of cost, due to the 10 MB DB :P 

This work as the TCP/IP protocol works this way:

-You input a URL/URI
-A query for NS servers for the domain specified is made. If you have the IP on the hosts file, it goes directly to contacting the webserver at that IP.
-The DNS server from the NS query is queried about the "A" value for that domain. The A value is the server IP.
-Your computer contacts the web server on the IP provided last step.

So, if you have the host on your hosts file, all the queries are avoided.
Add the old host IP it the host file and remember to flush the dns cache (doing "ipconfig /flushdns" on the windows cmd shell is engough)

BTW, if you do not know the old host IP adress, your hosting service MUST give it you if the domain name is still associated.

Good luck mate!


