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by FozzieBear
06 Mar 2024, 19:48
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to deal with *Extra Files and directories
Replies: 5
Views: 8510

Re: How to deal with *Extra Files and directories

Ahh I wasn't aware of that. Does it detect files that have been moved into new directories?
For example I download all my photos from my iPhone using Photosync. This goes into a default folder " Downloaded Photos"
From here I delete the ones I don't want and then rename them from the original file ...
by FozzieBear
06 Mar 2024, 17:48
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to deal with *Extra Files and directories
Replies: 5
Views: 8510

Re: How to deal with *Extra Files and directories


You probably want to add /MIR to your RocoCopy command, no?

Many thanks for responding.
No because this is the MIRROR switch. If I use MIRROR robocopy will delete any files in the destination folder that are not in the source. Therefore if I accidentally delete a file it deletes it from the ...
by FozzieBear
06 Mar 2024, 16:05
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to deal with *Extra Files and directories
Replies: 5
Views: 8510

How to deal with *Extra Files and directories

I am hoping I can use FFS to resolve a problem I have with RoboCopy.

I have been successfully using RoboCopy to backup various shares on my Windows 10 "Home" Server to a directory on an external eSATA drive. This directory is the OneDrive root folder. As a result, any file or folder copied to this ...
by FozzieBear
24 Jan 2022, 10:47
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Suggestions on amended Backup Strategy after Disk Failure
Replies: 3
Views: 410

Re: Suggestions on amended Backup Strategy after Disk Failure

Many thanks xCSxXenon for your response. You are of course absolutely right about more than one automated backup. If I think back to my previous employment we backed up local file servers over the network using Robocopy scripts to a central location and then backed up again to Tape vault, with the ...
by FozzieBear
23 Jan 2022, 12:10
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Suggestions on amended Backup Strategy after Disk Failure
Replies: 3
Views: 410

Suggestions on amended Backup Strategy after Disk Failure

I have a 24x7x365 "Home Server" system which acts as a file server and Plex media server. I am using 6 x 2Tb Hdds and DriveBender as a storage aggregator to give a single 8Tb storage pool. DriveBender is a cross between software raid and Windows native Storage Spaces.

Long story short due to an ...