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Best way to set up Backup with new USB2 drive
I have just increased the size of the drives in my Duo for 1tb to 2 tb as it was just about full.
I did a backup of my Duo 1 before the increase (940g) which I have now copied to a new USB2 hard drive, which is now plugged in the Duo, and made sure that all the files on the Duo and the USB drive are the same as I have added a few new ones since.
I would like to set up a new Frontview back up to run once a week and just copy any new files (as it used to before).
What is the best way to do this as I understand if I set it up as I had it before it will overite all the existing files on the USB Drive which will take a few days and seems unnecessary.
I did a backup of my Duo 1 before the increase (940g) which I have now copied to a new USB2 hard drive, which is now plugged in the Duo, and made sure that all the files on the Duo and the USB drive are the same as I have added a few new ones since.
I would like to set up a new Frontview back up to run once a week and just copy any new files (as it used to before).
What is the best way to do this as I understand if I set it up as I had it before it will overite all the existing files on the USB Drive which will take a few days and seems unnecessary.
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- Since you did a factory reset to get 4K alignment, I think you will have to go through the overwrite process (I agree it is waste of time). It would be nice if Frontview backup let you start off incrementally, but it insists on doing a full backup the first time it runs.
StephenB wrote: Since you did a factory reset to get 4K alignment, I think you will have to go through the overwrite process (I agree it is waste of time). It would be nice if Frontview backup let you start off incrementally, but it insists on doing a full backup the first time it runs.
Thanks once again for that, would it be best if i deleted all the files on the USB drive so I can see whats going on, or just hope it works ok.- If its your only backup I would leave the files there, and maybe add a test file or two on the NAS (so you can see something update).
StephenB wrote: If its your only backup I would leave the files there, and maybe add a test file or two on the NAS (so you can see something update).
That sounds like the way to go, I shall sit back for a few days while I happens.- Backup now complete, only took a couple of days to do 1.1tb
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