# Fetching data from another machine

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/fetching-data-from-another-machine/8816>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 2, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/fetching-data-from-another-machine/8816 "2026-03-02T13:28:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Sam](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Sam)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/fetching-data-from-another-machine/8816/1 "2026-03-02T13:28:18Z")

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Hello!

i use Kopia UI for a while without problem on multiple machines.  
Yesterday one machine crashed and i am now wondering how to connect from another machine to fetch the crashed one’s files ?  
The interface states : “To connect to a repository or create one, select the preferred storage type:“ but it never asks if the repo has to be created. Is there a risk i will overwrite my data from the previous machine if i insert the same parameters in the storage config ? Or will Kopia UI prevent it ?

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**Author:** ![Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Sam](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Sam)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 6:18am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/fetching-data-from-another-machine/8816/2 "2026-03-03T06:18:28Z")

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Or is there a simple example of how to connect to an existing repository from Kopia UI ? I searched the doc but with no success.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![kapitainsky](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/kapitainsky/32/535_2.png) [@kapitainsky](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/kapitainsky)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/fetching-data-from-another-machine/8816/3 "2026-03-03T18:12:52Z")

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If you enter details of an existing repository then kopia simply connects to it. New repo is created only in case if nothing exists in destinations you point to.

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**Author:** ![Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Sam](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Sam)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 7:00am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/fetching-data-from-another-machine/8816/4 "2026-03-04T07:00:04Z")

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Thanks a lot ! That reassure me 🙂