diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/service.openelec.settings/init.d/00_restore b/packages/mediacenter/service.openelec.settings/init.d/00_restore
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+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+# restore
+#
+# runlevels: openelec
+
+BACKUP_FILE=`ls -1 /storage/.restore/??????????????.tar 2>/dev/null | tail -1`
+
+if [ -e "$BACKUP_FILE" ] ; then
+  echo -en "please wait.. checking backup file: "
+  tar tf $BACKUP_FILE &>/dev/null
+  ret=$?
+  if [ $ret -eq 0 ] ; then
+    echo OK
+    echo -en "restoring.. this may take long time to complete, please wait.. "
+    rm -rf /storage/.xbmc &>/dev/null
+    rm -rf /storage/.cache &>/dev/null
+    rm -rf /storage/.config &>/dev/null
+    tar xf $BACKUP_FILE -C / &>/dev/null
+    rm -f $BACKUP_FILE &>/dev/null
+    echo done
+    echo "all good. normal startup in 5s..."
+    sleep 5
+  else
+    echo FAILED
+    echo "normal startup in 30s..."
+    rm -f $BACKUP_FILE &>/dev/null
+    sleep 30
+  fi
+fi
+