Sorry to take such a long time to reply.
Thanks for these answers ... Yes, this external HD is indeed getting on a bit. I'll try reformatting it and think of replacing it (although compared to the sorts of problems I've sometimes seen posted about EHDs I'm a bit reluctant: these EHDs - there are 3 so I can keep a sort of "offsite backup" thing going - have caused few problems over the years - Western Digital MyBooks).
Plus, as someone trying to move to Linux as much as possible, my prime suspect in a matter like this would be Windoze rather than the hardware!
I'm just wondering whether there is any way to do an "after check" using SB... i.e. to run an additional check comparing the source and the destination in order to make sure a "mirror" with all files present now exists.
Thanks for these answers ... Yes, this external HD is indeed getting on a bit. I'll try reformatting it and think of replacing it (although compared to the sorts of problems I've sometimes seen posted about EHDs I'm a bit reluctant: these EHDs - there are 3 so I can keep a sort of "offsite backup" thing going - have caused few problems over the years - Western Digital MyBooks).
Plus, as someone trying to move to Linux as much as possible, my prime suspect in a matter like this would be Windoze rather than the hardware!
I'm just wondering whether there is any way to do an "after check" using SB... i.e. to run an additional check comparing the source and the destination in order to make sure a "mirror" with all files present now exists.
Statistics: Posted by mrodent — Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:42 am