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PeterGL wrote:
Hert, Thanks for your reply and confirmation that the process comprises only a Windows-standard copy and verify. Is the verify done by comparing the copied file and original file name, size and date?
Hert did not mention any verify, did he? Furthermore, he said that a backup is (should be) just as fast as using OS tools. It would be helpful info if Hert could clearly tell us if any verification is performed during backup. (Either way, a verification option might be good.)
Larry56 wrote:I suspect that PSu's backup does not delete old profiles that have been deleted in the program. I say this because when I compare a backup done in PSu (which is what I've done for a long time) to a straight folder copy (I use Beyond Compare 4) I found that in the backup created by PSu there are a couple profiles that I had deleted a couple months ago still showing in the backup folder. I wonder if restoring would restore those deleted profiles too.
That would be bad, although I don't see how this could happen if the backup simply copies the relevant files. Are you sure you compared the correct (up-to-date) folders?
vlad, yes, I'm sure. I just now ran the backup in PSu and have confirmed that a couple import profiles I had deleted in appdata are in the backup folder.
@Vlad; files are not verified after copying.
I should add that PSU first checks the integrity of the database before the file copying takes place. This way it prevents that a corrupted database is copied as a backup. That could of course impact the overall time.
@Larry; when doing a backup to folder then PSU copies the files to the selected backup folder. If there are already files in that folder then those are not deleted.
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Hert,
that's helpful info: it explains (and justifies) why the backup takes longer than a regular folder copy. (It may also be a good reason to perform PSU backups even when someone relies on a general backup program.)
May I ask you what happens if the database is found to be corrupted? Is there any correction attempt performed? Is the user notified of the problem?