Fab's AutoBackup 7 Pro - a must have tool for techs

sapphirescales said:
I personally don't like having my settings saved between jobs as they're never the same anyway.
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Settings like the backupfolder's location and its naming pattern can last. The other settings that can be really disturbing when dealing with different jobs every time are stuff like additional files and folders. Files and folders exclusions can be included in this process of "discard all the settings" as well.
I am looking at it. Perhaps I will have enough time to release something before taking off to the US!
 
fabs said:
Settings like the backupfolder's location and its naming pattern can last. The other settings that can be really disturbing when dealing with different jobs every time are stuff like additional files and folders. Files and folders exclusions can be included in this process of "discard all the settings" as well.
I am looking at it. Perhaps I will have enough time to release something before taking off to the US!
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I don't know about other technicians, but I never restore to the same backup folder. Drive letters change and I like making my own folder names. It's nothing but an annoyance to me.
 
sapphirescales said:
I don't know about other technicians, but I never restore to the same backup folder. Drive letters change and I like making my own folder names. It's nothing but an annoyance to me.
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Well, that's not so hard to change when starting a new backup job. And you can set the folder to whatever you want by selecting an option in the pattern sub menu. If none of those is good for you, you can even set your own. It is not looking that bad IMHO

Tip about drive letter: if you backup to the drive where Fab's AutoBackup executable is, you will not have to specify it on next job since it will use a %AutoBackupDrive% variable. This way, no need to manually change the drive letter, it just follows.
 
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fabs said:
I was thinking about an option in the config file. Just to not add another option/check box on the GUI.
I guess this request comes from the additional folders selections that last from a job to another right?
Then, I could add an option like "DoNotSaveSettings" (if you want another name for this variable, it's time!) that could be set to 1 in this case
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"Do Not Remember Previous Sessions" would do it.
 
Barcelona said:
"Do Not Remember Previous Sessions" would do it.
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Work is started. Anyway, I have a quick "fix" for this: once you have provided your order information and set your branding at first start, close the program and set the config file to read only. This way, you get a fresh start every time [emoji6]
 
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You are doing this on the clone or original? Very good chance the drive is failing and may never make it through the Fabs backup process. I suspect those Fabs errors are due to FS corruption, but I could be wrong..
 
It's on my own system. Drive very healthy and not that old. just setup a new game system (i7 8700, 16GB ram, 2TB hdd, MSI B360 Mortar mobo) for myself and transferring data to backup drive.
If it fails I don't really care as I have everything I need backed up to several other places including cloud.
Just didn't want to have to download all the Steam games again! :eek:
 
Barcelona said:
It's on my own system. Drive very healthy and not that old. just setup a new game system (i7 8700, 16GB ram, 2TB hdd, MSI B360 Mortar mobo) for myself and transferring data to backup drive.
If it fails I don't really care as I have everything I need backed up to several other places including cloud.
Just didn't want to have to download all the Steam games again! :eek:
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You really should upgrade your 5 1/4 inch drive though...
 
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Hey @fabs The backup failed but only because the backup drive died on the operating table. :confused::eek::oops::rolleyes::D

I sent the log with the error report when the backup completed. Probably a waste of time because it wasn't Fabs Autobackup that failed!

Nevermind, I transferred everything I needed manually (slow day!) and all that's left is to copy the entire Steam folder (all 678GB of it!) from the old drive (not the failed one) to the new.
I have done this in the past. Steam is smart enough to see the "Steam" folder in Program Filesx86 and just reinstall the missing bits!
Saves a ton of time and bandwidth. ;)
 
Barcelona said:
Hey @fabs The backup failed but only because the backup drive died on the operating table. :confused::eek::oops::rolleyes::D

I sent the log with the error report when the backup completed. Probably a waste of time because it wasn't Fabs Autobackup that failed!

Nevermind, I transferred everything I needed manually (slow day!) and all that's left is to copy the entire Steam folder (all 678GB of it!) from the old drive (not the failed one) to the new.
I have done this in the past. Steam is smart enough to see the "Steam" folder in Program Filesx86 and just reinstall the missing bits!
Saves a ton of time and bandwidth. ;)
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Well, I was thinking about a dying drive but not the external. Happens. Thanks for posting back!
 
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