The mirror mode means if you delete a file on your pc accidentally, the
copy will also be deleted.
I use the backup mode - which does waste some backup disk space but an
occasional wipe and resync will reclaim it.
On 27 February 2014 00:09, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I clone the boot drive since everything involving the system software
> needs to be in sync. Cloning the boot drive makes a static image of
> everything that's there... but at the cost of copying the entirety of
> the drive when, perhaps, you only needed to copy 10%... if you knew the
> right 10%. It's just easier to do the whole thing and swap bad drive
> out the clone drive in for instant recovery if its needed.
>
> But images, emails, spreadsheets, other documents are pretty much
> standalone. But, insofar as they're not independent, there's another
> file somewhere with the same change date. Therefore, backing up with a
> tool like SyncBack (looking only for those things that are new, deleted
> or changed and copying just those items) will keep a backup drive up to
> date. I use only the "mirror" mode of SyncBack which is designed to
> make the backup drive a mirror of the drive being backed up.
>
> The same approach doesn't work for Windows files, probably due to the
> structure of the registry. (perhaps the worst part of Windows)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 2/26/2014 3:47 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > I use Shadow Protect and do incremental "clone" additions for a few
> > than re-clone everything. So many have a standard "Backup"
> > as well?
> >
> > Mike
> >
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