# ignoring lost+found

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/ignoring-lost-found/4620>\
**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [December 21, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/ignoring-lost-found/4620 "2015-12-21T16:55:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![belanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@belanna](https://forums.percona.com/u/belanna)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/ignoring-lost-found/4620/1 "2015-12-21T16:55:05Z")

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Is there a method to keep xtrabackup from trying to access the lost+found directory during a MySQL backup?