Hi, I have just installed and started using your excellent SyncBackFree to backup my old PC's data to my new laptop via the local network.
I already do (or rather DID) backups on my old PC but I wanted to backup to my laptop so that I would have access to all my old files, even if I updated them on the old PC. And it sems to work really well and fast.
However I was very surprised when I realised that this had changed the archive attributes on the SOURCE computer without as much as a warning. Where is the sense of changing anything on the source of a backup? I have a batch file on the "source" computer that checks the archive bit and backsup any files that have been changed to DVD once a week. Much to my surprise today it started copying every single file in My Documenst to DVD. I stopped it and realised that SyncBackFree has changed the Archive bit on every single file it backed up to A - ready for archive.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO STOP / AVOID THIS?
I had a look at the "Copy/Delete -> Advanced -> Reset the archive file attribute on files once they have been copied" but that does not really help me. I need a "do not change archive attribute on source" option. I can see that you may be using the Archive Attribute for your backups, but please make that clearer. I assumed you used a databse or the files date/time for this. And I still cannot believe that you CHANGE anything on the remote computer source file store, during a backup?
Would it be possible to set Windows to only allow Read Only for the source computer on the network?
That would not allow your software to change the attibute.
Unless I find a way round this I must admit that I will have to stop using this software and go back to SyncToy.
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Archive attribute changed on source
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BaldEagle
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Re: Archive attribute changed on source
WELL...... now i'm really confused.
I re-run the backup just now, having changed a few files on the source and turned off some archive attributes, and SyncBackFree did NOT change any archive attributes on the source PC.
I have been running my archive batch file for ..... YEARS and this is the first time I've had this problem.
Unfortunatelly as I had just tried out SyncBackFree I jumped to the conclusion that it had caused the issue.
SORRY
Does anyone have any ideas what could have caused all my files to suddenly have their archive attributes to be marked as ready to archive?
I must admit that SyncBackFree is so much easier to use than SyncToy, being able to select or unselect individual folders and files is brilliant.
It's also so much faster than SyncToy which really seems to slow down when you have loads of files. I had been forced to split my backup into smaller chunks untill I tried SyncBackFree. Not for me, I prefer to backup manually, but I've shown this great utility to other people who also love how easy it is to schedule backups.
I re-run the backup just now, having changed a few files on the source and turned off some archive attributes, and SyncBackFree did NOT change any archive attributes on the source PC.
I have been running my archive batch file for ..... YEARS and this is the first time I've had this problem.
Unfortunatelly as I had just tried out SyncBackFree I jumped to the conclusion that it had caused the issue.
SORRY
Does anyone have any ideas what could have caused all my files to suddenly have their archive attributes to be marked as ready to archive?
I must admit that SyncBackFree is so much easier to use than SyncToy, being able to select or unselect individual folders and files is brilliant.
It's also so much faster than SyncToy which really seems to slow down when you have loads of files. I had been forced to split my backup into smaller chunks untill I tried SyncBackFree. Not for me, I prefer to backup manually, but I've shown this great utility to other people who also love how easy it is to schedule backups.