Dumping database/restoring

I use Mascon from scibit to view my database. It has a dump facility to dump to another database or to a local file. I am afraid of the first option lest it overwrites tables already on the other server. When I dump to a local file it is a text file and I can't work out how I would restore from this file. The support desk isn't answering and the notes don't cover restoring. That's the background. The question is how do people out there back up their database residing on a server to a local file? Ideally I would download the database and save on a CD, and be able to restore from this if the worst happened.                                            http://www.cantor.com CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail, including its contents and attachments, if any, are confidential. If you are not the named recipient please notify the sender and immediately delete it. You may not disseminate, distribute, or forward this e-mail message or disclose its contents to anybody else. Copyright and any other intellectual property rights in its contents are the sole property of Cantor Fitzgerald. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Although we routinely screen for viruses, addressees should check this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. We make no representation or warranty as to the absence of viruses in this e-mail or any attachments. Please note that to ensure regulatory compliance and for the protection of our customers and business, we may monitor and read e-mails sent to and from our server(s). For further important information, please read the Important Legal Information and Legal Statement at http://www.cantor.com/legal_information.html