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 ...
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- 06 Mar 2024, 19:48
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to deal with *Extra Files and directories
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- 06 Mar 2024, 17:48
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to deal with *Extra Files and directories
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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 ...
- 06 Mar 2024, 16:05
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to deal with *Extra Files and directories
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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 ...
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 ...
- 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 ...
- 23 Jan 2022, 12:10
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Suggestions on amended Backup Strategy after Disk Failure
- Replies: 3
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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 ...
Long story short due to an ...