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| - **Select the //Mirror// type of backup** and click on //Next//. You can get some information about each available backup type by clicking on the ''?'' icons\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_004.png?direct&500 |}} | - **Select the //Mirror// type of backup** and click on //Next//. You can get some information about each available backup type by clicking on the ''?'' icons\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_004.png?direct&500 |}} | ||
| - The Source (a folder on your computer) and Destination (on the USB disk) folders are both local disks and you don't have to change anything in the //locations// window. Just click //Done//\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_005.png?direct&500 |}} | - The Source (a folder on your computer) and Destination (on the USB disk) folders are both local disks and you don't have to change anything in the //locations// window. Just click //Done//\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_005.png?direct&500 |}} | ||
| - | - A new window //Profile Setup// window opens, where you can **specify the Source and the Destination folders**. In this example, we use //Source =// ''D:\Users\jypeter''\\ and //Destination =//''F:\Backup_JYP\Dell_Precision_3420\D_Users_jypeter''. Once you have filled both fields, a summary of what will be done is displayed in the //Description of this profile// section. Click on //Change Filter// for a more precise control of what will be saved (**this is optional, and you can do it later!**), **or** on //OK// when you are done\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_007_notes.png?direct |}} | + | - A new //Profile Setup// window opens, where you can **specify the Source and the Destination folders**.\\ In this example, we use //Source =// ''D:\Users\jypeter''\\ and //Destination =// ''F:\Backup_JYP\Dell_Precision_3420\D_Users_jypeter''.\\ Once you have filled both fields, a summary of what will be done is displayed in the //Description of this profile// section. You can click on //Change Filter// for a more precise control of what will be saved (**this is optional, and can be adjusted later!**), **or** on //OK// when you are done\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_007_notes.png?direct |}} |
| - | - **If** you choose to **review and update the filters**, with the //Change filter// button, you will get two new windows: the //File & Folder selection// window that you can ignore, and the //Filters// window\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_008.png?direct |}}\\ You can use the //Add// button below the //Files/folders NOT to copy// window to add new rules to the list of files/folders that should be ignored by SyncBack. Check the //Filters// section for [[#using_filters|more details about the filters]]\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_009.png?direct&500 |}} | + | - **If** you choose to **review and update the filters**, with the //Change filter// button, you will get two new windows: the //File & Folder selection// window that you can ignore, and the //Filters// window\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_008.png?direct |}}\\ You can use the //Add// button below the //Files/folders NOT to copy// window to **add new filter rules** to the **list of files/folders that should be ignored by SyncBack**. Check the //Filters// section below for [[#using_filters|more details about the filters]].\\ Note: double-click on an existing filter if you want to change it !\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_009.png?direct&500 |}} |
| - | - When you have finished adjusting the filters, or if you have directly clicked on //OK// after specifying the Source and the Destination folders, you will get a popup window asking if you want to do a //simulated run//. You can skip this step, as it will be automatically done by default each time you execute this profile\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_010.png?direct&500 |}} | + | - When you have finished adjusting the filters, or if you have directly clicked on //OK// after specifying the Source and the Destination folders, you will get a popup window asking if you want to do a //simulated run//. You can skip this step, as it will automatically be done by default each time you execute this profile\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_010.png?direct&500 |}} |
| - | - You are now ready to **execute the backup profile**! You can either click on the main //Run// button to launch an //attended run//, or use the other available options\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_011.png?direct&500 |}}\\ The //Attended Run// (and the //Simulated Run//) will display a window with the list of planned backup operations. You should **check carefully the content of the //Differences// window** when executing a profile the first few times, especially the files/folders outlined in red in the right part (the files that will be overwritten or removed). If you see lots of files with random names (screenshot below), they are probably in a //cache// directory that you can remove from the backup by using a [[#using_filters|filter]].\\ As you can see in the bottom right part of the screenshot below, there are lots of files (7k) to copy because it's a first run, with no expected **Collisions** (when a file in Source is more recent than the matching one in Destination), or files **To Delete** (when a file in Source has been removed, and the matching one in Destination will be deleted). The next runs will be faster (less files to copy), but you may want to keep an eye to the files to be deleted...\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_012.png?direct |}} | + | - You are now ready to **execute the backup profile**! You can either click on the main //Run// button to launch an //attended run//, or use the other available options\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_011.png?direct&500 |}}\\ The //Attended Run// (and the //Simulated Run//) will display a window with the list of planned backup operations. You should **check carefully the content of the //Differences// window** when executing a profile the first few times, especially the files/folders outlined in red in the right part (the files that will be overwritten or removed). If you see lots of files with random names (screenshot below), they are probably in a //cache// directory that you can remove from the backup by using a [[#using_filters|filter]].\\ As you can see in the bottom right part of the screenshot below, there are lots of files (7k) to copy because it's a first run, with no expected **Collisions** (when a file in Source is more recent than the matching one in Destination), or files **To Delete** (when a file in Source has been removed, and the matching one in Destination will be deleted). The next runs will be faster (less files to copy), but you may want to keep an eye on the list of files to be deleted...\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_012.png?direct |}} |
| - | - After executing the profile, you will get a popup window (that you can disable after a few runs) telling you if there were some problems (e.g. a file was locked by the system), and then a summary log will open in your browser. You can click on the //Errors// link, or the other links to get details about what happened.\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_013.png?direct&400 |}}\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_014_notes.png?direct&500 |}} | + | - After executing the profile, you will get a popup window (that you can disable after a few runs) telling you if there were some problems (e.g. a file was locked by the system and could not be accesses), and then a summary log will open in your browser. You can click on the //Errors// link, or the other links to get details about what happened.\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_013.png?direct&400 |}}\\ {{ :other:syncbackfree_014_notes.png?direct&500 |}} |
other/win10_syncback.txt · Last modified: 2020/04/29 14:38 by jypeter
