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| Author: | bbarry [ Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | What to Use Instead of File History |
I am having various problems with File History. It won't fully populate on a new drive, it won't backup my recent data files, etc. Is there a better application to use rather than File History? I vaguely remember Jay and Steve telling me they used something different, but I can't remember what that was. |
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| Author: | jaylach [ Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What to Use Instead of File History |
Steve and I both use GoodSync. I believe Steve does an actual sync while I use for backup. https://www.goodsync.com/ I also believe that SyncToy is still around but I've read that there are hoops to go through to get ti run on Windows 10 or 11. |
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| Author: | sboots [ Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What to Use Instead of File History |
Yes, I use Goodsync to sync folders and files between my desktop and laptop and also to sync from my main desktop drives to a few different backup drives. I do run the sync jobs manually. One caveat, though, is that it isn't a backup with multiple generations. If your main copy is corrupted and you run a sync job without realizing it, it overwrites the good copy on the destination. |
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| Author: | jaylach [ Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What to Use Instead of File History |
Good point on the possibility of something corrupting when using it strictly as a backup but I sort of get around that by bacling to multiple systems and an external. The external is seldom done so is sort of like a history with several earlier versions. |
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| Author: | sboots [ Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What to Use Instead of File History |
If you cycle through a schedule of sync jobs to use different destinations over a period of time does add a small factor of safety. There's still a risk that a file or files that you rarely access gets corrupted on the main system and you don't notice for some time... A good option would be to run the sync jobs regularly and also perform some sort of backup that backs up all of the data to a storage device that won't get overwritten for a much longer time so that you can at least recover to the most recent backup if your synchronized copies of the file are all toast. |
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| Author: | bbarry [ Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What to Use Instead of File History |
@ Jay & Steve - thanks for reminding me about Goodsync. I may end up trying that, but right now I am intent on trying to get File History to work correctly. I think David uses File History, so I may ask him for help/advice. And Jay, SyncToy is still around. I currently use it to backup my animal videos and photos. |
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| Author: | jaylach [ Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What to Use Instead of File History |
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