just realise that if i do a fresh install of akeeba backup and place a backup file is the usual directory it wont get recognised and hence cant restore from it. they way i came across the issue is that i was having a small problem with akeeba and ran a backup, uninstalled and reinstalled and then reaslise that it wont recognise the previous backup file which is actually there. Is this a know thing? and is any possible work around with it? Thanks