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Using Grsync as my primary backup UI and the first time I did a full copy, I found discrepancies. Maybe someone can help me understand what went wrong.

Missing desktop shortcuts...when I navigate to the Desktop folder on the backup drive (plenty of room, new, SATA, ext USB, same setup as the HDD I'm copying), there are some missing shortcuts. Out of 22 desktop items, there are 2 missing.

A couple folders (still in Desktop folder on the backup drive) have a small X in the lower right corner. They require a password to open. And yet, other similar folders do not? One is a text folder where I keep my recipes, the other is an XLS spreadsheet that I edit with Libreoffice.

The Home folder is missing an empty folder but that's probably OK. The other folders seem to have everything.

What I don't get is why the desktop folder has these discrepancies.

Anyone know what is happening here?

Jim_HiTek
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Looking at your options listed, they are not so dissimilar to mine with the exception of the the inclusion of -W which is a setting for copying whole files.

You can see the whole list of settings here:

But you could well be right; the fact that they are links rather than files could be critical to the success or otherwise of the operation.

Best advice is to set up test beds to see how you can capture the files you are looking to backup. Ticking option boxes creates the switches required in Grsync so you can easily check what you have set by them. Choose: File > Rsync command line (or Alt + R) rather than running the sessions which might do some destructive damage if options are not chosen carefully.

graham
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