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Been using Fabs for several years now. Wonderful tool! Today, I got some errors that I have not seen before. I think these can be safely ignored, but want to check. These occur during the file verification phase

First error. There are around 90 of these. I'm assuming I can safely ignore these as they all relate to dropbox.cache. Agreed?

[ERROR] 9/11/2020 9:36:51 AM : Saved file MD5 sum does not match with original file:
[ERROR] "C:\VSS_C_ShadowCopy\Users\Peggy\Desktop\Dropbox\.dropbox.cache\qebcobkqbgpbzfynfuwbof\placeholder.aep" ()
[ERROR] "D:\Customer_data\Peggy Hill\Fabs\2020-09-11\PEGGY-IDEAPAD\Peggy\archive\Desktop\Dropbox\.dropbox.cache\qebcobkqbgpbzfynfuwbof\placeholder.aep" (0F343B0931126A20F133D67C2B018A3B)

Second error: This time dropbox.cache is not involved. Can I / should I ignore this?

[ERROR] 9/11/2020 10:22:43 AM : Saved file MD5 sum does not match with original file:
[ERROR] "C:\VSS_C_ShadowCopy\Users\Peggy\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\TranscodedWallpaper" (E64FCBD0D0B45417AF16ACDB34B889CF)
[ERROR] "D:\Customer_data\Peggy Hill\Fabs\2020-09-11\PEGGY-IDEAPAD\Peggy\archive\WallPaper\File\TranscodedWallpaper" (8A806C16FF8B453AE4E148821B607B2C)


Third error: Well, actually a Warning while processing OneDrive files. Again, I"m thinking these can be safely ignored. Agreed?

[WARNING] 9/11/2020 9:26:43 AM : Peggy : This cloud file may be online only and could not be copied "C:\Users\Peggy\OneDrive\Documents\2017-06-05 17.06 New Meeting.g2m"
[WARNING] 9/11/2020 9:26:43 AM : Peggy : Skipping file

Mahalo!

Harry Z
 
A small low priority program feature request: on the last window before launching the actual data copy (when doing a backup), at the bottom is the option on whether or not to save the log file. And, if you do want to save it, where to put it. Would it be possible to add a check box to specify that the log file goes to the same directory where the backed-up files go? I realize it's not that much effort to navigate the dialog box to get to where you want it, but for some reason this bothers me. :-)

Or, if you leave the destination blank, it will go where the backed up fies go.

P.S. this function does not seem to be documented in the User's Manual

Thanks for listening.

Harry Z
 
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Haole Boy said:
First error. There are around 90 of these. I'm assuming I can safely ignore these as they all relate to dropbox.cache. Agreed?

[ERROR] 9/11/2020 9:36:51 AM : Saved file MD5 sum does not match with original file:
[ERROR] "C:\VSS_C_ShadowCopy\Users\Peggy\Desktop\Dropbox\.dropbox.cache\qebcobkqbgpbzfynfuwbof\placeholder.aep" ()
[ERROR] "D:\Customer_data\Peggy Hill\Fabs\2020-09-11\PEGGY-IDEAPAD\Peggy\archive\Desktop\Dropbox\.dropbox.cache\qebcobkqbgpbzfynfuwbof\placeholder.aep" (0F343B0931126A20F133D67C2B018A3B)
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Yes, that's a cache file that possibly changed a bit while copying as backed up file is from a VSS snapshot. This also happens while backing up Firefox profile while it's open but copied file is in a good shape. Anyway, that ".dropbox.cache" folder should be excluded anyway. I put that in To Do list so this will not happen again.
Haole Boy said:
Second error: This time dropbox.cache is not involved. Can I / should I ignore this?

[ERROR] 9/11/2020 10:22:43 AM : Saved file MD5 sum does not match with original file:
[ERROR] "C:\VSS_C_ShadowCopy\Users\Peggy\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\TranscodedWallpaper" (E64FCBD0D0B45417AF16ACDB34B889CF)
[ERROR] "D:\Customer_data\Peggy Hill\Fabs\2020-09-11\PEGGY-IDEAPAD\Peggy\archive\WallPaper\File\TranscodedWallpaper" (8A806C16FF8B453AE4E148821B607B2C)
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This time, copied file has no reason to be different from original one. Is source or tharger file system corrupted ? No other idea so far. At least, it's just wallpaper. Just check content between
"C:\Users\Peggy\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\TranscodedWallpaper" and "D:\Customer_data\Peggy Hill\Fabs\2020-09-11\PEGGY-IDEAPAD\Peggy\archive\WallPaper\File\TranscodedWallpaper" and see if saved wallpaper opens fine and is the same as the one in source if that matters.

Haole Boy said:
Third error: Well, actually a Warning while processing OneDrive files. Again, I"m thinking these can be safely ignored. Agreed?
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Haole Boy said:
[WARNING] 9/11/2020 9:26:43 AM : Peggy : This cloud file may be online only and could not be copied "C:\Users\Peggy\OneDrive\Documents\2017-06-05 17.06 New Meeting.g2m"
[WARNING] 9/11/2020 9:26:43 AM : Peggy : Skipping file
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Yes, this one can be safely ignored. There's no file corruption or copy error here. It just means that source file is not really on source drive but in the cloud. That "C:\Users\Peggy\OneDrive\Documents\2017-06-05 17.06 New Meeting.g2m" file is in fact some kind of shortcut to the file in the cloud, so, it is normal that Fab's could not get it.
 
Haole Boy said:
A small low priority program feature request: on the last window before launching the actual data copy (when doing a backup), at the bottom is the option on whether or not to save the log file. And, if you do want to save it, where to put it. Would it be possible to add a check box to specify that the log file goes to the same directory where the backed-up files go? I realize it's not that much effort to navigate the dialog box to get to where you want it, but for some reason this bothers me. :)

Or, if you leave the destination blank, it will go where the backed up fies go.

P.S. this function does not seem to be documented in the User's Manual

Thanks for listening.

Harry Z
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Yes, I have forgotten to update user's manual about this. And yes, just leave path blank and logs will be copied to default location, aka where the files are backed up (where there is the backup.conf file).
 
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Yes, that's a cache file that possibly changed a bit while copying as backed up file is from a VSS snapshot. This also happens while backing up Firefox profile while it's open but copied file is in a good shape. Anyway, that ".dropbox.cache" folder should be excluded anyway. I put that in To Do list so this will not happen again.

This time, copied file has no reason to be different from original one. Is source or tharger file system corrupted ? No other idea so far. At least, it's just wallpaper. Just check content between
"C:\Users\Peggy\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\TranscodedWallpaper" and "D:\Customer_data\Peggy Hill\Fabs\2020-09-11\PEGGY-IDEAPAD\Peggy\archive\WallPaper\File\TranscodedWallpaper" and see if saved wallpaper opens fine and is the same as the one in source if that matters.


Yes, this one can be safely ignored. There's no file corruption or copy error here. It just means that source file is not really on source drive but in the cloud. That "C:\Users\Peggy\OneDrive\Documents\2017-06-05 17.06 New Meeting.g2m" file is in fact some kind of shortcut to the file in the cloud, so, it is normal that Fab's could not get it.
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Mahalo for the response. I forgot to mention that these errors occurred when backing up data from a machine booted from a PE disk so nothing should be changing during the Fabs run. Does that make any difference in your answer?
 
Haole Boy said:
Mahalo for the response. I forgot to mention that these errors occurred when backing up data from a machine booted from a PE disk so nothing should be changing during the Fabs run. Does that make any difference in your answer?
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In a general manner, it does not change my answer. The explanation must be different then. The fact you were running PE makes it strange that files were copied from a VSS snapshot while this feature is designed to be totally disabled as it's useless. VSS point should never have been created. Which PE were you using ?

Envoyé de mon IN2020 en utilisant Tapatalk
 
Haole Boy said:
Gandalf’s Windows 10 PE x64 Redstone5 build77763 version 09-01-2019
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Thanks. Now I need to figure out a more reliable way to detect PE every time to disable that vss feature which is useless in this case

Edit : I've tested it using this Gandalf PE Redstone 5 and it detected it was running in PE. I guess I forgot to mention for some item that can use VSS to not do it if running in PE. I've added a single instruction in that function that will just ignore VSS snapshot taking instruction if PE is detected. This will prevent it in next version. That being said, I will not be able to release it for a while since there are many things to do on this build :
- Change the way driver handling works : it's not always needed (to no say almost never), so, I definitely need to change the way it works. It has to be an option and not selected every time. I guess I will put that on additional stuff tab and make it able to remember its last checkbox state.
- Add support for Zoom data
- Add support for MicroSIP softphone client.
- See if I can add ability to stretch customized logo
- Exclude dropbox.cache folder from file copy task
 
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New couple of questions / issues. I'm working on a Win 8.1 machine that is several kinds of messed up with the user profile stuff. A little background before getting into the Fab's specific stuff.

There are two userids:

- William

- William.workgroup

William seems to be corrupted in some way. If I go to C\Users\William instead of seeing the usual several folders, there is only AppData and My Documents folders. My Documents contains just 1 folder and a couple of documents. AppData only has a Local directory, and underneath that is just a Microsoft directory with a few more levels under it. Very strange. (Yes, I have turned on viewing hidden and system files). William is the user name used to logon to Windows.

William.worgroup has the expected plethora of folders and files at C:\Users\William.workgroup. Lots of documents under My Documents. There is no option to logon using William.Workgroup

When I run a backup in Fab's I get a message about some sort of registry error for William and literally nothing is copied for William

William.workgroup has lots of data copied, but in the backup under William.workgroup | archive | Documents, there is a @Recovered directory. This is not in the source hard drive, so where did this come from? (I did check the User Manual)

My goal here is to delete both William and William.workgroup and create a new user with the combined data from both userids.

Mahalo,

Harry Z
 
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