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  1. OK, by bad usage of the term backup :-). I meant; 'relatively safe data storage, with reduced change of (single) mechanical drive failure or bitrot causing data loss'. I understand that it is not a replacement for (e.g.) off-site offline tape storage. And I agree that knowing is better than not. But fixing (as it does when it detects duplicate parts with different DTS) would be even better. It isn't a new file, so I don't understand the source/destination reference. I thought that I had posted an image with the initial post, but apparently not. Hopefully that works this time 🙂
  2. Thanks, I understand the CRC error, but don't understand why Drivepool isn't dealing with it. Since it isn't, is the suggestion above the best way for me to deal with it? Why doesn't Drivepool do this itself? And if so, then what is the best way to locate the CRC file? I'm also rather concerned at the suggestion to 'restore the file from a backup'. My understanding of duplication is that (and certainly that is the way I use it) it should prevent data loss from a single file/drive failure. Drivepool IS my backup! Thanks, John
  3. Hi, just wondering what the best way is to deal with a CRC error warning during duplication? After duplication is complete, there is a warning, with a CRC error. Shouldn't the 'invalid' file be corrected from the cuplicate (I have x2) Thanks, John
  4. OK, thanks. I'll reset, then add, then seed. That worked.
  5. Thanks for that. I didn't delete the 'empty' poolpart directories above, so that might have confused things? But when I did delete the poolpart directories from the 2 drives, though the relevant pool disappeared, the drives are not available to add again to the original pool. I guess that the procedure above is the option to go with, but I'm a bit concerned that again the drives won't show up as available to add. At least I haven't lost any data :-) So the question is, how do I get the drives to show up, so I can add them to the pool? They are normal basic NTFS partitions. I've done a fair bit of searching. I also restored the poolpart folders and contents, and the pool came back, but the drives still weren't visible to be added once I renamed the poolpart folders as per above. Tx
  6. Hi, I've just tried this, but when I tried removing the drives, it wouldn't saying there was a corrupt directory (or similar message) Notes; even after removing the contents of the poolpart to the root while the service was stopped, once started, it thought that there were still files to duplicate*, (for which there is not enough space), rather than an empty pool with storage shown as 'other' as I expected) *This is probably because both of the drives in the 2nd pool were originally in the 1st pool, and at least one of those was only storing duplicated files (so it is presumably trying to duplicate them again, since they are unduplicated in this new pool) I got to the state of having a new pool when I merged partitions on the disk(s). They were small unused partitions (60Gb, 20Gb) which I wanted to merge to the main one rather than adding them to the pool). I was expecting Drivepool to just see larger partitions, and therefore more space for the pool, but in fact it created a new pool with those 2 drives/partitions. Suggestions please?
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