Kudos for the use of encomium!
On 16 March 2015 at 17:43, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> And here's another Syncback encomium, although I opted to pay for Syncback
> Pro, which has the (for me, invaluable) facility to run the shadow copy
> service. In other words, it will back up my Outlook data files even though
> the files are currently open.
>
> Of course, I didn't chance upon Syncback myself - I heeded the
> recommendation of someone who knows better. Step forward Charles Norcutt,
> sir!
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus
> [mailto:olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Chuck Norcutt
> Sent: 15 March 2015 12:49
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] File losses
>
> Understood that syncing may corrupt the backup but that is still my
> preferred method since I prefer not to re-do some of the editing already
> done and I have further protection in that I have more than one backup.
>
> For backing up my C drive I use cloning and always keep 2 versions. For
> things not on the C drive (such as my image files) I have for many years
> used SyncBack SE <http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/sbse.html> and I
> also have 2 copies done at different times. SyncBack provides different
> forms of backup but I choose to sync old and new.
>
> The way SyncBack works (when syncing) is to create a log file of the
> files that will be copied from source to destination and those that will
> be deleted from the destination since they are no longer on the source.
> The items are color coded in the log such that they are easily
> recognized. SyncBack first does the analysis and then displays the log
> file. I examine the log file to see if it contains what I expect it to
> contain. If you approve of the log file contents you tell it to go
> ahead. I have been mildly surprised a few times by seeing something
> queued for deletion that I didn't remember deleting (based mostly on
> dates) but have never discovered an actual error. When I review the
> related image folder I have always found that I did indeed deliberately
> delete the now missing images. I've been using SyncBack for many years
> and have never known it to make an error. Recommended.
>
> Besides, I actually delete very few images. I only delete truly bad
> images (poor focus, blown highlights, etc). Others that might possibly
> have some redeeming qualities usually go into a "Discard" folder.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 3/14/2015 10:44 PM, Moose wrote:
> > 2. Synchronization. This assumes that what's on the primary disk is true
> > and complete. It then makes the back-up an exact copy of the main disk.
> > This may involve wholesale replacement of the existing back-up or
> > software that copies new stuff and also deletes anything already on the
> > back-up that is no longer on the primary.
> >
> > Synchronization is NOT your friend. It spreads any mistake into the
> > back-up, thus eliminating one of its main purposes by carefully
> > eliminating the very copies you may later discover you need because of a
> > disk failure or fumble brain/fingers.
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