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There are many options, heres a few:
1) Sync D:\ to its own folder on Z:\, such as "Z:\D Backup\"
2) Change sync method to 'update' so files that exist only on the right side don't get deleted
3) Add local exclusion filters to the "D to Z" pair that exclude "\Desktop\" and "\Documents"
There are ...

Because The "Desktop" and "Documents" folders do not exist in D:\
You are telling FFS to mirror D:\ to Z:\
Since those folders don't exist in D:\ and you are telling FFS to make Z:\ look exactly like D:\, it does exactly that


I have 3 sources, 2 of which are on C: and the other is the entirety ...

I have a simple mirror (one way) backup job created.

Folder pairs:

C:\Users\XYZ\Destop --> Z:\Desktop
C:\Users\XYZ\Documents --> Z:\Documents
D:\ --> Z:\

When the Mirror job runs, it compares date and modified time on files, then gives a summary of what the job will do before you kick things off ...