Cobian Reflector • swqapping backup destination drives

On a daily basis, I backup 2 PCs to a a USB drive (USB1) attached to a 3rd PC. Once a week, I backup USB1 to a 2nd USB drive (alternately USB2-A or USB2-B) also attached to my 3rd PC. Every few months or so, I swap the 2 USB2-x drives - the active one with the remotely stored one - so as to update the remotely stored drive.

I am using the same Task to backup my USB1 drive to one or the other USB2-x drive and find that even though the drive contents have changed very minimally, the differential backup takes even a couple of days. So, I conclude I should have 2 separate tasks (identical file source and destinations, etc,) each "tied" to the specific destination USB drive -- i.e., "Task 1 = Backup USB1 to USB2-A" and "Task 2 = Backup USB1 to USB2-B". Am I correct?

So, what happens if I decide to move any of my backup destination USB drives from my 3rd PC USB ports to my router's USB ports, making sure to map them with same drive letters I had when they were attached to the 3rd PC? Can I apply my Tasks as I did when the drives were on the 3rd PC without "confusing" (can't think of a more appropriate term) Cobian into needing to re-index (or whatever it is that happens to take so long)?

Statistics: Posted by Ignu — 24 Mar 2024, 17:22 — Replies 1 — Views 3

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