Question Two New Samsung 870 SSDs

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Carrying the conversation over here from : https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/another-once-in-a-generation-weather-event-is-coming.2609402/

Crystal Disk Info was suggested to check for write information before loading. I have Crystal Disk Mark and Samsung Magician.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

C recovered properly this last time. Trying for E now. These Intels will be archival for a while until I know everything else is OK.

Then I'll move on to the new drives and trying cloning.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Clonezilla pages make no sense to me. All seem to be focused on Linux.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Use this: https://www.diskgenius.com/

 

[Tech Junky]

Clonzilla is a linux live image for cloning your drives.

You boot up, choose beginner, select the type of clone usually just choose whole disk, then select the source which is usually "sda" and then the target "sdb" and let it run w/ any other options you choose.

 

[Tech Junky]

Use this: https://www.diskgenius.com/

Interesting but, seems like a bunch of fluff for something simple. When I'm feeling lazy or don't want to deal with waiting I'll just use Paragon. These companies are a bit goofy in thinking they need to or can charge high fees for their one time use or very seldom use products. In this regard tor is your friend 😉

 

[igor_kavinski]

These companies are a bit goofy in thinking they need to or can charge high fees for their one time use or very seldom use products.

DiskGenius is free. Someone on these forums recommended it.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Well, it's done. Unit 2 Booted up with both new drives, all data intact as far as I can see.

Magician reads both fine.

Bunch of steps and aggravation.

One odd thing so far is LibreOffice Calc showed the file I opened as in use by another user (something related to Unit 1). I'll deal with that later though.

 

[Tech Junky]

something related to Unit 1

Probably the UUID issue I mentioned earlier. Or simply because you hadn't closed it before cloning the drive. Either way it shouldn't cause an issue as the data is auto saved in a shadow copy in the system.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I figure it was because the file was open when I did the backup, but who knows. I can just do a new copy for that one file. Quicken worked fine though.

Next issue is to find a File Sync program that I can use via LAN. Boot Unit 2 and have it sync to Unit 1. If I can do that weekly (or so), I can have a live backup without having to do Acronis. Other than browser stuff that might include new or changed passwords, it's really just LibreOffice, Quicken and some text stuff like Notepad that gets changed on any regular basis. Maybe a few pictures and some document downloads like bank statements.

 

[igor_kavinski]

FreeFileSync

Download FreeFileSync 14.9. FreeFileSync is a free open source data backup software that helps you synchronize files and folders on Windows, Linux and macOS.

freefilesync.org

Does mirror synchronization.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I was just looking at that and installed it, but I got lost trying to figure out how to compare whole directories rather than individual files. The one I tried to do didn't seem to accomplish anything.

 

[Tech Junky]

I use rsync and set the timer in crontab to 6 hours to backup to the raid I have setup.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

FreeFileSync seems to work OK, but it throws this error:

10:05:19 Warning The recycle bin is not available for "\\e\Documents".
ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND: The system cannot find the path specified. [IRecycleBinManager::WillRecycle]
Ignore and delete permanently each time recycle bin is unavailable?

How do I get around that? Or how do I create a path to the bin?

 

[igor_kavinski]

FreeFileSync seems to work OK, but it throws this error:

10:05:19 Warning The recycle bin is not available for "\\e\Documents".
ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND: The system cannot find the path specified. [IRecycleBinManager::WillRecycle]
Ignore and delete permanently each time recycle bin is unavailable?

How do I get around that? Or how do I create a path to the bin?

Recycle bin not available warning message - FreeFileSync Forum

freefilesync.org

You have to change the Delete method to Versioning and specify a folder for files that are deleted or modified so you can look in that folder for any older/deleted files.