Using vaults to restore libraries

Hello All,
I've got a question on vaults in Aperture 3. Let's assume my HD fails and I can't do anything to recover data from it. I install everything from scratch and now A3 does not have anything in the library. Can I use the vaults to re-create my pictures library, as it was before the HD died?
Thanks,
Valerio
ps: this is only an hypothetical scenario, fortunately my HD is intact!

Yes, and i guess you know, it must be on a different Drive.
You can also back up a project, or the whole Library manually, if you want to keep a fixed copy at a particular point in time, Go to File>Export Project as Library.
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