Backup emergency kit: add link to restore procedure (#36703)

home-assistant · Jan 4, 2025 · 218ee90 · 218ee90
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diff --git a/source/more-info/backup-emergency-kit.markdown b/source/more-info/backup-emergency-kit.markdown
@@ -4,24 +4,26 @@ description: "Information about backup emergency kit"
 related:
   - docs: /common-tasks/general/#backups
     title: Backups
+  - docs: /common-tasks/general/#restoring-a-backup
+    title: Restoring a backup
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-[Backups](/common-tasks/general/#backups) are encrypted (using [AES-128](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard)). The backup emergency kit contains information needed to recover your backup, such as the encryption key and metadata about the related backup.
+[Backups](/common-tasks/general/#backups) are encrypted (using [AES-128](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard)). The backup emergency kit contains information needed to [restore the backup](/common-tasks/general/#restoring-a-backup), such as the encryption key and metadata about the related backup.
 
 ## What is encryption, and why are backups encrypted?
 
 Encryption is a method of converting data into a coded format so that it can only be read by someone who has the encryption key. This ensures that your data about your home remains private. So even if someone else had a copy of your Home Assistant backup, it is unreadable for them without the encryption key.
 
 ## Storing the backup emergency kit somewhere safe
 
-1. To download the backup emergency kit, go to {% my backup title="**Settings** > **System** > **Backups**" %}
+1. To download the backup emergency kit, go to {% my backup title="**Settings** > **System** > **Backups**" %}.
 2. If it is your first time defining backup settings, select **Setup automatic backup** and download the backup emergency kit.
    - You can also download the encryption key again later from the backup configuration page.
 
     ![Screenshot showing the encryption key in the download dialog for the backup emergency kit](/images/more-info/backup_emergency_kit_01.png)
 
 3. Store the kit somewhere safe, outside the Home Assistant system.
-   - Without the encryption key, there is no way to restore the [backup](/common-tasks/general/#backups).
+   - Without the encryption key, there is no way to [restore the backup](/common-tasks/general/#restoring-a-backup).
 
 ## Changing your encryption key