had to wipe hard drive dev/sda Ext4 re-inslall LM19.1 up now LM19.3 various problems (mrmazda where are you please?) !! I have been attempting to recover back ups from a WD My Passport Ultra extraneous hard disk connected to my stack . The subject header is what i am getting for example when i attempt to restore via Aptik 20.03 ( paid for) . Also Timeshift and Deja Dup will not recover . I got some recovery from LM Backup tool thank goodness . I am also seeing Fix now / Dismiss - restore selected items . When attempting to fix i get - sorry could not display all the contents of trash /// operation not supported ...
inxi -Fxz

System:
Host: leoboy Kernel: 5.3.0-46-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 7.5.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia
base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: All Series v: N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: H81M-K v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 3602 date: 03/26/2018
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K540/K545
charge: 100% status: Discharging
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4790K bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Haswell rev: 3 L2 cache: 8192 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 63851
Speed: 1597 MHz min/max: 800/4400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1597 2: 1596
3: 1596 4: 1597 5: 1597 6: 1599 7: 1596 8: 1598
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: vesa unloaded: fbdev,modesetting
resolution: 1920x1200~N/A
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 9.0 256 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.8
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.3.0-46-generic
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 03:00.0
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 991.73 GiB (26.6%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM001-1ER164 size: 1.82 TiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Western Digital
model: WD My Passport 260D size: 1.82 TiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 1.79 TiB used: 275.86 GiB (15.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
Processes: 254 Uptime: 10h 17m Memory: 15.51 GiB used: 1.87 GiB (12.1%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.20
inxi: 3.0.32

any suggestions will be very apperciated . On top of this will be attempting to solve boot issues using the release notes for LM 19.3 Cinnamon .

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