# Recover a local site DB from unbootable drive

**URL:** <https://community.kinsta.com/t/recover-a-local-site-db-from-unbootable-drive/506>\
**Category:** Application Support\
**Created:** [March 17, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/recover-a-local-site-db-from-unbootable-drive/506 "2021-03-17T15:52:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/michael/32/31_2.png) [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/recover-a-local-site-db-from-unbootable-drive/506/2 "2021-03-17T16:17:50Z")

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Hello @tmyruski. Welcome to DevKinsta and thanks for trying it out! Sorry to hear about what happened with your machine. Do you have Docker installed? Do the containers still exist? If so, you might be able to recover them [using this method here](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/21). The database would be found within the Docker containers. More information on [how Docker stores the data can be found here](https://docs.docker.com/storage/). I hope that helps!

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