Unfortunately, the rest has not been plain sailing. When logging into my account and following the instructions to take over existing backup, very few of my files are present and the folder structure in the Manage Files section does not contain many of the the contents of the mapped location, so I can't add them to the selection.
I copied across from my old desktop to /mnt/user all the data that I previously backed on the desktop and I more or less kept the folder structure. I should have about 1.3 tb in one set, instead I have less than 4MB. The folder /storage doesn't show in the folder list under root in the Manage Files section. The only time I could see /storage was when I looked to restore files.
I could not see the ext hdd when attempting to restore from disk, so I mapped it to /mnt. This was found in device preferences, but when I tried to access it, I got an error saying the archive was missing and the location was not accessible.
The integrity of my data is still ok, I have it all on the original desktop. When I go back to the desktop and transfer CrashPlan there, it all works fine and all the file structure is fully in place and non of my data is missing. It is also able to see the hard drive backup archive and read/write to it.
I have installed and removed this container many times to no avail. Please someone tell me what I've been doing wrong.