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I've never really understood the logistics of how to do a test restore.
Do you have to buy a 2nd computer?
You dont need a second computer, just replace the drive with an empty one.
No, you can jusy restore to a second location...it depends on whether everything was backed up, or just a few test files.
I prefer backing up specific folders rather than "everything", so it's easier to test. (I'd just reinstall the OS if that was nuked)
Let's say I want to do a test restore of all my photos. I just rename that folder to simulate that it's been accidentally deleted... then I just do a normal restore - and do a bit-by-bit comparison of the two folders and check it all went well.
I just have a smaller dataset using the same settings, which I try to recover a couple of times/year.
It’s not perfect as recovery exercises go … but it feels safe enough for me.