Macrium Reflect

Discussion in 'backup, imaging & disk mgmt' started by Stigg, Nov 23, 2013.

  1. MPSAN

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    Well, I run FULL Images only, so there are no incremental files involved. I run Reflect to my Internal HDD, but thought it might be a good idea to "copy" an image...say once a month...to an external eSATA drive. Not sure why I could not use Q-DIR. I use it for everything else and do not know what Robocopy would do for me.
     
  2. Brian K

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    MPSAN,

    I do that too. Once a month. I just copy using Windows Explorer.
     
  3. MPSAN

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    Great, it sounds like it is worth doing as I copy stuff from my 3 TB HDD to a DVD-RW, but, of course NOT the Images I have. They are way too large.
     
  4. Brian K

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    If you want to use Robocopy (I like it)...

    robocopy D:\folder1 E:\folder2 filename.ext
     
  5. beethoven

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    Brain, your source is a folder but for destination you list a filename plus extension - how does that work ? Assuming I have a folder containing many different files not just an image, how would I do that? Also, for those of us not that are not so comfortable with commands, could you provide a command for a more nestled source folder? Would I just say: robocopy D:\folder1\subdirectoryA\furtherfolderX ?
     
  6. MPSAN

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    beethoven...
    From a command prompt robocopy /? will tell you all you need but I still do not see why it is any better than Q-DIR?
     
  7. Brian K

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    robocopy D:\folder1\sourcesubdirectoryA\furtherfolderX E:\folder2\targetsubdirectoryA\targetfurtherfolderY filename.ext

    To copy filename.ext from a source folder in D: drive to a target folder in E: drive.

    I mainly use Robocopy for automated tasks. For single files I use Windows Explorer.
     
  8. MPSAN

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    I like Q-DIR as I have dual panes. So it is easy to drag from 1 to the other.
     
  9. Brian K

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    In Win10, Windows Explorer, you can have 2, 3 or 4 panes.
     
  10. MPSAN

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    I thought you had to open it several times. I will have to look but I sure like all the options in Q-DIR
     
  11. beethoven

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    sorry to be slow on the uptake but I am still confused about the filename.ext Does the filename refer to the task as opposed to a specific file you copy?
     
  12. Brian K

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    filename.ext is a single file you want to copy.

    If you want to copy all files in a folder you would use...

    robocopy D:\sourcefolder E:\targetfolder

    or

    robocopy D:\folder1\sourcesubdirectoryA\furtherfolderX E:\folder2\targetsubdirectoryA\targetfurtherfolderY
     
  13. beethoven

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    thank you :)
     
  14. Brian K

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    Try this test. Create a folder in C: drive called 123
    C:\123
    Create a couple of empty folders and a few text files in C:\123

    Don't create a folder in D: drive

    Run this from an Admin command line...

    robocopy C:\123 D:\456 *.* /mir

    Have a look in D:\456

    In C:\123 delete one text file and one empty folder

    Run this from an Admin command line...

    robocopy C:\123 D:\456 *.* /mir

    Have a look in D:\456
     
  15. pling_man

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    In Macrium Reflect Preferences there is an option to automatically copy backups to another directory (Look under Scripts for Duplicate feature). This is off by default.

    This option uses robocopy to do the copy (if it isn't installed it uses XCOPY instead). Robocopy is very fast. This is why I use robocopy for my occasional archive copies.

    If you are happy with another tool like Q-DIR then use that instead its OK.
     
  16. beethoven

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    Thanks Brian - very interesting - I will need to play with this a bit more and google the commands. It did seem very fast though of course I only tried it with a few small files as suggested.
     
  17. Brian K

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    Extra switches (not always essential)

    Using it for backups.

    robocopy source target *.* /mir /copyall /dcopy:t /r:0 /log:F:\rclog.txt /v /xj /tee


    ::Remember "" if spaces in the paths.

    *.* everything
    /e Copy subdirectories, including empty ones
    /copyall Copy all file info (equivalent to /copy:datsou)
    /dcopy:t Copy directory timestamps
    /r:0 Number of retries on failed copies (set to zero here since retries are not desired)
    /log:F:\rclog.txt Save log file at specified location (this can be helpful to verify the operation and check for errors)
    /log+:F:\rclog.txt adds to previous log
    /v Verbose log (shows skipped files)
    /xj Exclude JUNCTION points (necessary for Windows OS partitions to avoid problems)
    /tee Output progress to console window as well as the log file (don't use in WinPE).
    /MT:32 multi-thread for faster copying

    /S Copies subdirectories (excluding empty ones)
    /E Copies all subdirectories (including empty ones)
    /PURGE Deletes destination files and directories that no longer exist in the source
    /MIR Mirrors a directory tree (equivalent to running both /E and /PURGE)
    /CREATE Creates a directory tree structure containing zero-length files only (that is, no file data is copied)
     
  18. MPSAN

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    Well, I still like Q-DIR as I would only do this once a Month. I still do not see how to get more than 1 pane showing on the Win 10 File manager.
     
  19. Brian K

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  21. Stode

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    You got my attention now...
    How? (other than opening seperate explorer processes and stacking them up and clicking between them..)
     
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  22. Brian K

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    Thanks.
    Q-DIR has tabbed explorer windows, which is extremely useful.
    It also remembers and saves all windows with paths, upon closing it.
    I have to move around and organize a lot of files, so I couldn't live without it's tabbed quad-panel.
    Anyways, since this topic is about Macrium Reflect, let's get back to it, lol. :)
    (Not sure how did this quad-panel explorer chat here even start, just had to ask, sorry.)

    edit:
    I need to wash my eyes, since Brian already gave the link a few posts earlier, eh heh..
     
  24. Peter2150

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    Eh, we are drifting a bit from Macrium here. A new thread on these explorer replacements would be appropriate.

    Pete
     
  25. mantra

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    hi
    is there a tutorial about restoring/copy a drive (ssd 250GB) to a new ssd (500GB) ?
    thanks
     
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