It eventually happened ... I lost some data
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As a matter of interest, do you use the free or pro version of AOMEI?
I was using the free version, but then I bought it. You don't get a lot of more useful stuff, but if it encourages them to keep working, it's worth it!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I was using the free version, but then I bought it. You don't get a lot of more useful stuff, but if it encourages them to keep working, it's worth it!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
Thanks for that, I have been using FBackup but AOMEI does look better. I'll give it a go...
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You can probably find the deleted files under the
_gsdata_
directory in the target directory.
I couldn't find such directory in the destination (I've also checked for hidden and system files) and after googling (and binging) it I could only find results related to GoodSync and I used robocopy. So, probably I'm out of luck, but I appreciated your comment. For some folk might be life saver :) .
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Funny thing, it happened while I wanted to create backup of my data. I wanted to backup my screenshot folder with robocopy script. Destination folder also contained some older screenshots. What I forgot about, that since the last backup I reinstalled my notebook and to save some space I didn't restore the Screenshots folder. That was stupid from me, now I had newer screenshots with the same filenames, which meant robocopy rewrote them all. To be honest, this was not some super critical data, that why I was OK to have it at one place. So, maybe it was a fair price to learn for ever, that I have to be really careful with robocopy even when I'm not using the /MIR option.
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Never overwrite backups immediately: Always keep a "grandfather...father...son" relationship so you can avoid things like this. It's also a good idea to keep several different physical backup media which you rotate each time you do a backup, and keep them physically disconnected from the computer once the backup is complete. That way you are insured against a single hardware failure, and against ransomware which can also encrypt your backup devices if they are on-line. I run several 4TB USB drives, and do a full image every two weeks, with a different drive each time, and I keep a "historic" 8 or so images on each drive. But then, I've been called paranoid before, so it doesn't bother me... :laugh: I'd also recommend AOMEI Backupper - but I may have done that here once or twice before!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
OriginalGriff wrote:
I run several 4TB USB drives, and do a full image every two weeks, with a different drive each time, and I keep a "historic" 8 or so images on each drive. But then, I've been called paranoid before, so it doesn't bother me...
Is it paranoia if you know something will happen? ;P Hardware fails. Software fails. People make mistakes. People do bad things to others. Stuff happens. My strategy:
- Replace the primary HD every other year to mitigate HW failure
- Use the old primary HD as a hot swap backup inside the PC.
- Use old internal HDs as offline storage (got a cable/power supply for $15 USD that turns any HD [EIDE or SATA] into a flash drive).
- Make system images periodically, when changes to the OS & applications warrant it.
- Use WinZip to automatically backup certain directories nightly, weekly, or monthly, depending on data changes. Backups include a date/time stamp and are placed on the hot swap HD.
- Periodically move backups to one of several external HD, and use old internal HD as long range storage.
- Burn copies of files to DVD on a semi-regular basis. DVD-R has limitations, but it's proof against ransomware, the media is cheap, and it's easy to store.
One valuable feature of zip format is that it's extremely easy to pluck a file out of a backup. While system images are complete restores if a system is hosed ... it's not always easy (or possible) to get single file out without doing a complete restore. [A former employer got burned on a proprietary backup format so I avoid them.] Flash drives are cheap and easy to use, but the media is volatile, so I don't use it except as very temporary storage. Am I winning the paranoia contest??? :laugh:
