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Google Drive Desktop wasn't moving file, it's moved the file to trash then reuploading when moved by robocopy
So, I'm applying this 3-2-1 backup rule.
Folder form ssd-sync is synced to vhd-sync through robocopy, here is the argument command.
robocopy D:\ssd-sync E:\vhd-sync /LOG+:D:\ssd-sync\robocopy-...
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Google Drive quit command executable
Just finished setting up task scheduler(win10) to boot up Google Drive off hours to avoid resource drag specifically when syncing third party backup images.
All's good with the backup app scheduler ...
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How to download data from google account when you run out of space?
I run out of space on google (used 14.5GB of 15GB). This means like 9GB of photos and 5 GB of email attachments. I want to download everything and then clean the cloud. I realized google does not ...
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Google Drive: How to copy shared folder content to another folder?
I have access to a folder shared with me (let's say SharedWithMe folder) and I want to backup this folder as the sharing will be end in the future. So, is it possible to sync / copy the SharedWithMe ...
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Do I 'have' to switch to Google Drive? Security implications?
Google wants to move me from the Backup and Sync (currently running in the background) to Google Drive, which is a whole new game - not just cloud storage and sync, but an entire suite of word ...
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Upload files into GDrive then delete locally
Is there any settings in Gdrive windows Sync app, or any other third party app that allows auto uploading file to GDrive then delete the local file.
The idea behind the deleting is to protect the ...
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Google Backup and Sync - potential disaster? How does it operate?
Does anyone actually know how GB&S actually works?
Not for the first time, I have had to put a block on the use of this tool. Because I have witnessed it deleting a file on my main machine which ...
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I don't want to continuously backup on Google's Backup and Sync
Well, I always used the Google Drive app on my older computer, it only backed up files on the "Google Drive" folder and the ones I told it to.
Now, there's this new app "Backup and Sync" and it seems ...
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Server backup to Google Drive
I am working on a backup process for a cloud based virtual machine.
I already have a script that will create a tar.gz file, encrypt it with my gpg public key and give it a unique name.
Now I would ...
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File filters in Google Backup and Sync
Google Backup and Sync provides continuous online backup of selected folders. However one key feature that I'm missing coming from another backup solution is the ability to set exclusion filters for ...
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NPM modules make Google drive chrash - how to exclude NPM modules from sync'ing?
Im using google drive as my cloud based "sync/backup" service for all important work related files.
This has been working perfect and very sufficient until I started using NPM modules (node_modules) ...
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