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Cannot restore Immich from backup

We had a power outage and my Raspberry Pi root account locked and I cannot access the console no matter what I try, so I decided to create a new installation and restore immich from my backup.

I am following the linux restoration section of the Backup and Restore guide (https://immich.app/docs/administration/backup-and-restore) and when I get to this:

docker start immich_postgres
docker start immich_postgres


My immich_postgres server starts restarting every minute. When I run docker logs --tail 20 immich_postgres, all there is is:

 SSD storage chown: changing ownership of '/var/lib/postgresql/data': Operation not permitted
 SSD storage chown: changing ownership of '/var/lib/postgresql/data': Operation not permitted


I am running all commands in the folder with my docker compose and .env files

I would really really appreciate help as soon as possible because we were using the server to organize photos from my step-dad's celebration of life slideshow which is tomorrow.
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