From: Jeff@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 02/09/2025 23:46, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Tue, 2 Sep 2025 16:26:18 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:   
   >   
   >> ... but when I plugged in the USB stick and tried "Restore" it   
   >> reported that there were no backups! I thought the whole point of   
   >> having a backup is that it would be easy to restore to a new HD if   
   >> the old one had failed.   
   >   
   > This is why you need to test your backup system by doing an actual   
   > restore. Without that, you don’t actually have a backup system.   
      
   I agree. When I started using Deja Dup (not "Deja vu"!!!) I tried a   
   restore to a temporary folder on the hard drive and it worked perfectly.   
   I've since tried restoring the odd file and folder just to check. All   
   went without problem. Out of interest, I just tried the same thing on my   
   current laptop with the backup I created yesterday. Deja Dup found the   
   backup on the USB stick immediately, and asked what I wanted restored   
   and where. I created a folder called "Restorecheck" and "restored" a   
   folder to it without problem.   
      
   So when I run Deja Dup on the other laptop, why does it not see the   
   backup on the USB stick?   
      
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   Jeff   
      
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