restoring NAS backup to ZENmini after drive replacement isn't going right

[JeffM]

I have a new ZENminiS upgrade, replacing the failed original hard drive, which was too damaged for Innuos techs to save anything. When I tried to restore data from a NAS backup to the new drive, I reached a point where I seemed to be putting my music at risk, so I stopped.

I followed the guide "System Migration--How to Transfer Innuos Systems," skipping to Step 2 because there's already a backup folder on the NAS. That folder is exactly as the System organized it during multiple backups. The main problem is that I never reached a "Restore Backup" button. Instead, it seems I'm asked to "Finish" the task of backing up from the empty ZENmini TO the NAS, which would overwrite my music files.

Screenshots:
1) The 5 folders on the NAS, with "Innuos" being my name for the folder to which the System always backed up.
2) The option of choosing a folder to "store" the backup, showing the Innuos-named "backup-014646" inside my Innuos folder on the NAS.
3) After clicking on "backup-014646," the 6 folders into which the System organized the data.
4) After clicking on Innuos's "music" folder, I can scroll up and and down and verify that all my music IS present on the NAS drive, some alphabetically by album title, but most organized by artist in the folder "cd-quality" shown here, and some in folders with odd numerical names.

I'm afraid to click "FINISH" because I don't want to back up the contents of the empty new Innuos drive onto the NAS, thereby erasing all the music, and that seems to be where I'm headed. Any help or reassurance will be very much appreciated. Maybe there's a step I'm missing. Thanks!

 

[Stephen Healy]

This is correct - you will not get the RESTORE BACKUP option until you chosen this backup as the one you want to use.
So, go through the Configure Backup process as normal making sure to choose EXISTING BACKUP.
Navigate so that you see the backup-014646 folder. Now, press FINISH.
The system will then analyse this folder and 'lock on' to it as its source of backup.
You will then be returned to main backup dashboard, you will have the option for BACKUP NOW (don't choose that!) or RESTORE BACKUP. Go ahead and proceed with the RESTORE BACKUP.

Edited: Correction on process

 

[JeffM]

Stephen, thanks very much for the quick reply. I just needed encouragement that it was OK to hit FINISH. However, when I do, I get a popup saying "The selected drive doesn't contain a valid backup" (see screenshot). However, the NAS is full of music files I can play through VLC on my computer. What should I try next?

 

[Stephen Healy]

Hmm - please try one thing for me, try this again but just hit finish when looking at the backup folder as shown in your screenshot #2, instead of clicking into it. I may have been mistaken on this stage.

 

[JeffM]

Hmm - please try one thing for me, try this again but just hit finish when looking at the backup folder as shown in your screenshot #2, instead of clicking into it. I may have been mistaken on this stage.

That was it. Backup is in progress, which I'm sure will take hours. Thanks again!