# Backing up Creta (GL-AR750) Before Flashing Firmware Update (4.3.6) **URL:** \ **Category:** Router\ **Created:** [August 11, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/backing-up-creta-gl-ar750-before-flashing-firmware-update-4-3-6/32352 "2023-08-11T06:04:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![bring.fringe18](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/bring.fringe18/32/11777_2.png) [@bring.fringe18](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bring.fringe18)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/backing-up-creta-gl-ar750-before-flashing-firmware-update-4-3-6/32352/2 "2023-08-11T07:41:02Z")
Ya gotta do it manually, unfortunately. Here's everything you'll need: > [@HOW-TO: Script: List My OPKGs (to a file for backup)](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/how-to-script-list-my-opkgs-to-a-file-for-backup/30963): > > Keywords: backup, opkg, plugins, list, howto, script, shell, luci, restore, ipk, tarball, conf Description List user’s (your) installed packages, writing them to a text file that can be used to reinstall the binaries of what a user manually installed. The resulting .list file will be use to opkg install to pull from the feeds. That is done with two commands in one execution. The GL GUI doesn’t feature a backup function. Creating & restoring a backup achieve (.tar.gz, aka tarball) of all your… You'll probably want to 'pick & choose' the various conf files to individually restore via uploading/overwriting when switching major f/w versions (eg: 3.x -\> 4.x, `/etc/config/wireguard_server`). Expect the need to do a lil'tweaking, testing. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/backing-up-creta-gl-ar750-before-flashing-firmware-update-4-3-6/32352)._