Basically (but now comes the part where a little mistake can do bad) it means you replace the local data base against an older copy of it.
Find the data base of your EN installation on your PC. Let us say its name is xxx
Prevent syncing by taking your PC off the internet.
Quit the app, go with Explorer to that folder, rename it to xxx-save, and if you want to be very safe, move it away to another folder.
Locate the same folder in your Backup. How to depends on the software and backup type you use. I hope it is accessible folder by folder (I use Acronis True Image, where this is easy).
Copy the old folder with your data base to the place where the new folder was removed, if necessary rename it to xxx.
Start EN, it should take the folder you just copied as the real data base, and open it. Look for the note you are missing, export it by ENEX-export.
Close EN. Go by explorer to the data base folder. Rename it something else, move it away. Move the initial copy (xxx-save) into the place, and remove the „-save“ addition, to make it xxx again.
Open EN, log in, the new data base should open. Import the ENEX-export of the missing note into EN.
Done. Many things can go wrong while doing this. So make sure you work on copies, leaving the originals untouched. It may help to deactivate security software while you are doing it. Quitting your network connection while doing so, the EN server can‘t disturb you by syncing. Otherwise it would try to overwrite the backup copy with fresh server data.
Thanks, PinkElephant. Just what I was looking for to restore lost data in my 1 daily task note that is updated throughout the day, every day. Not sure what happened, but sync apparently failed for a week, then overwrote my local copy with an old version. Also using Acronis for backups. Fingers crossed that your process works.
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Thanks, PinkElephant. Just what I was looking for to restore lost data in my 1 daily task note that is updated throughout the day, every day. Not sure what happened, but sync apparently failed for a week, then overwrote my local copy with an old version. Also using Acronis for backups. Fingers crossed that your process works.