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Backup/restore/external drive advice wanted please
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On Friday, 12 October 2018 13:27:13 UTC+1, Rob Morley wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 06:14:44 -0700 (PDT)
tabbypurr wrote:
You've already got easy to operate software. OPen file manager,
select all, copy. Go to your new external usb disc, create a new
folder and paste. It could not be simpler.
That only works as long as you remember to save a fresh copy of
anything that changes, or regularly save everything then de-dupe it.
or save everything every however often you choose and don't bother deduping it.
NT
I have a writer friend who used to do this and ended up with utter
chaos.
Files have to be closed before they will copy, so you have to be certain
where all the data files are and that they are all closed.
Far better to take occasional full images of the machine and then
regular backups of specific areas of data. I use Macrium for the images
and SyncToy for the backups of data, the data being organised so that it
is in a known area rather than lost in Microsoft'e virtual directories.
My reason for sticking to SyncToy is that I still do some audio work on
different machines and the audio (and video) is set to make cumulative
backups rather than destructive or duplicate ones.
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Bill
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