Was there a change for sparse files?

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rowdy

I've been using FFS for a few years and it mirrored sparse files perfectly. I needed to change the destination drive and when I run FFS with the same settings, the destination files aren't sparse. They are full size on the destination drive. Windows 10 with both drives as NTFS. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Zenju

There hasn't been a change. There are a few special cases where sparse copying is not used, though. If you send me a PML file (https://freefilesync.org/faq.php#trace) and the name of a sparse file I can have a look what's up in your case.