Recover from total system failure

# Ripristino completo del sistema

# Setup

Get your system to a fresh state. For example, a fresh install or a new account on an old computer. Don’t worry about getting comfortable and customizing settings yet. Wait until after you restore your previous settings to change anything, as any customizations you make now may get overridden once you restore.

Next, you need to install Déjà Dup. Your distribution vendor may package it for you. Otherwise, download and compile it.

# Ripristina

Aprire le impostazioni di Backup.

Click on the Restore… button on the Overview page.

A Restore dialog will appear asking where your backup files are stored (your Backup location).

Click Forward and wait for Déjà Dup to scan the backup location.

Choose the date you want to restore from. Usually you can just leave this alone, as the default is the most recent backup.

Click Forward.

Scegli dove ripristinare. Poiché si tratta di un backup completo del sistema, lasciarlo come default (che ripristina sopra la tua installazione attuale).

Click Forward.

Verifica le selezioni e fai clic su Restore

Attenzione. Potrebbe essere necessario molto tempo per completare il ripristino.

Infine, reinstallare tutti i programmi che ti sono piaciuti nella tua precedente installazione.

If for whatever reason you have a problem after trying to restore with the Restore files to original locations option, try restoring instead to a temporary directory and moving your files to where they belong.

If that still doesn’t work, there are more drastic things you can try.