Hi,
This may come through twice, still learning
Is the file format on the backup drive proprietary?
Or can I read and recover files with any file manager?
Many thanks,
-T
File Format?
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Not sure what you're talking about.
If you refer to "sync.ffs_db" which is used to keep track of two-way mirroring, I doubt you could use just any file manager to make sense of it. That would be very unusual.
The files themselves are left untouched, of course. Why don't you try it out with test files to check up on it?
If you refer to "sync.ffs_db" which is used to keep track of two-way mirroring, I doubt you could use just any file manager to make sense of it. That would be very unusual.
The files themselves are left untouched, of course. Why don't you try it out with test files to check up on it?
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I am on Linux, so I can't experiment.
I was hoping if all heck broke loose, that I'd be able to recover the files with any file manager from a Live or PE CD, etc..
I was hoping if all heck broke loose, that I'd be able to recover the files with any file manager from a Live or PE CD, etc..
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Sure you can recover your stuff with any file manager, PE CD etc.
With "experiment" I didnt refer to real data, of course. Create a folder with dummy files, the change them and sync back and forth, try to reocver them from a Live CD, whatever it takes to convince yourself.
Again: The files themselves are kept as they are, if they were proprietary before, they are proprietary on the backup drive. SFFS doesnt interfere with the file format. Its own sync-database however - sync.ffs_db - will probably not make sense to any other program (though I wouldnt rule it out, either)
With "experiment" I didnt refer to real data, of course. Create a folder with dummy files, the change them and sync back and forth, try to reocver them from a Live CD, whatever it takes to convince yourself.
Again: The files themselves are kept as they are, if they were proprietary before, they are proprietary on the backup drive. SFFS doesnt interfere with the file format. Its own sync-database however - sync.ffs_db - will probably not make sense to any other program (though I wouldnt rule it out, either)
