elsmandino
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I keep all my most important files (photos, camcorder video etc.) on my NAS, in a folder called backup.
I have a backup hard drive in my desktop computer, with a single folder also called backup.
In an ideal world, the backup folder would be an identical replica but over time, they are now pretty different because I was too lazy to backup with hardware (paying the price now ).
What I used to do was put new photos on the NAS but then just dump copies in the backup harddrive, without putting them in exactly the same place.
Sometimes, I might have also put double copies of things on one hard drive, but not the other.
Essentially, therefore, I have two folders that need to be exactly the same - I have two folders that contain different files, have different folder structures and each have differing sets of duplicates.
I have no idea, how to sort this out - any advice would be much appreciated.
My initial idea was copy everything from the backup folder to the NAS folder (at least I would know that the NAS would have at least one copy of everything).
I should then sort out the NAS folder (with duplicate finder software) and proper folders and then sync the newly sorted folder to a new hard drive - a lot of work, but is that the only way?
I have a backup hard drive in my desktop computer, with a single folder also called backup.
In an ideal world, the backup folder would be an identical replica but over time, they are now pretty different because I was too lazy to backup with hardware (paying the price now ).
What I used to do was put new photos on the NAS but then just dump copies in the backup harddrive, without putting them in exactly the same place.
Sometimes, I might have also put double copies of things on one hard drive, but not the other.
Essentially, therefore, I have two folders that need to be exactly the same - I have two folders that contain different files, have different folder structures and each have differing sets of duplicates.
I have no idea, how to sort this out - any advice would be much appreciated.
My initial idea was copy everything from the backup folder to the NAS folder (at least I would know that the NAS would have at least one copy of everything).
I should then sort out the NAS folder (with duplicate finder software) and proper folders and then sync the newly sorted folder to a new hard drive - a lot of work, but is that the only way?