Found this topic, it seems on par so asking here...
The standard "Backup to USB drive" in admin menu of SME, would the file system on the USB drive be the reason why backups are seemingly made but not been able to restore?
Have external USB Sata case, 160GB Toshiba SATA HDD, connects to SME as a usb device... Formatted with NTFS. Backup picks up the drive and then does its thing for ages backing up, only so often see lights on the HDD light up... Checking afterwards, no data has been written to the device...
This may sound like a dumb question, but I'm afraid my knowledge of file systems regarding this is limited. I know linux can read and write to ntfs, just that this seems to be the logical answer to my worries about backups not being made....
Any input appreciated, flames won't get you anywhere...