Essbase BSO data recovery

Hello
In my organization, we have one essbase BSO application. For some reason, the data in it got wrong and we have to restore the data from file system backup. We created a new temporary essbase application and copied the .otl from the existing application using EAS console. The outline opens in the new temporary application. Then I stopped the application and and copied .pag , .ind, .esm and .tct files from file system backup to this application folder but the application does not start. What could be the reason? and can anything be done about it.
Thanks

I renamed the .pag, .ind, .esm files. But the application still doesnt start. I get this error in EAS console
error: 1054001 Cannot load application appname with error number [1052003] - see server log file
The server log file also says
error: 1054001 Cannot load application appname with error number [1052003] - see server log file
I also took the .otl file from the same backup and dropped it in database folder but the application is still not coming up

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