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Upload the backup archive no matter how many files it consists of.  These are part files of the same backup archive. Kickstart will only show you the .jpa file, but it needs and uses all of these files to extract the backup archive.

These files are part files of the same backup archive. They are NOT separate archives; you cannot extract them separately. They have to be read in order (.j01, .j02, …, .jpa) for the archive to make sense and get extracted. Think of them as the volumes of a long book, like Les Misérables which comes in five thick volumes. You have to read all of them and in order for the whole story to make sense.

1. Correct.

2. You don't really need to manage that by hand. The .htaccess file of your site was backed up as part of your site's backup. It will be restored in the same public_html folder. You MAY have to make changes to it after the restoration is complete.

3. Because of 2 the answer is no, you don't have to do something special before or during the restoration.

4. Same as 2, you don't have to do anything. Restoring a backup taken with Akeeba Backup creates an exact clone of your site, including all of your files and database contents. Extensions are just a bunch of files, and database content. The same stuff Akeeba Backup backs up and restores.

5. Akeeba Solo is just the standalone version of Akeeba Backup for Joomla and WordPress rolled into one. It can back up any Joomla or WordPress site, using the same database engine we have in Akeeba Backup itself. Using Solo doesn't make sense unless you don't want the Super Users of the site having access to the backup (e.g. because you're a web site integrator, you've given your client Super User access, and you know it will end in tears if you don't manage backups separately from what the client can obliterate with reckless abandon definitely not have touched at all before something broke "all by itself". Joking aside, Solo runs outside of Joomla and WordPress, so some of the smarter things Akeeba Backup can do –like, excluding your temporary folder without having to explicitly tell it to do so– Solo can't. Which is why I always recommend using Akeeba Backup if your use case allows it.