Mirror Drive Problems

[JPriestly]

Hello.

I'm an inexperienced user, so maybe someone can help me with an issue that I'm having. I had Cobian Backup running for a long time doing what I need, but can't seem to figure it out in Reflector.

I have a drive (D) and want a mirrored copy on another drive (E). What I add to D I would like added to E and what I remove from D I would like removed from E. And I would not like an additional folder created on E (e.g. "D\myfile.file" would be "E\myfile.file").

I've tried a few different combnations of settings and can't seem to get it. I did read the disclaimer about that not being a proper backup and advising against it, but I had a backup like that running for years with Cobian Backup and it workd well for me. I process lots of files and really just need a daily overnight backup of the drive in the state that I leave it in. I do not need to have a backup of files that I delete from the source drive.

I really appreciate any help you can give. Thank you.

[cobian]

This is possible. What exact problem are you having?

[JPriestly]

Hello Luis,

Thanks for the reply.

The destination drive was already mostly mirrored, from using Cobian Backup, when I installed Reflector. What I got when I ran Reflector was that those files stayed and a new folder called "D 2023-02-23 04;01;16" was added.

Thanks again for the help.

[cobian]

Just uncheck the option to create separated backups.

[JPriestly]

Thanks Luis.

I deleted the "D 2023-02-23 04;01;16" directory, unchecked the separated backups box, and when it ran it created a directory called "D". Is that bacause I would need to uncheck the "Use absolute paths" option?

I've attached screenshots of the three settings pages that I think are pertinent.

Thanks so much again.

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[cobian]

Exactly

[JPriestly]

Excellent. Thanks very much, Luis.

[cobian]