Comparing Files against Backup in Retrospect 8

[milo]

Hi guys,

 

Is there any way of comparing files on a hard drive against files in a media set to see how many of them have been backed up without actually backing them up?

 

I know you could do this in Retrospect 6 but haven't worked out how to do it in 8 yet. Any ideas?

 

Thanks

 

M

[Maser]

While it's nowhere near as easy to determine as Retrospect 6...

 

if you walk through the Backup wizard, at the point where you'd actually start the backup, you can "Preview" the backup. The resulting preview would show you the files that would be backed up.

 

So you could assume that the rest of the files *have* been backed up (assuming no rules are in play that would limit what you see in the Preview...)

 

 

[twickland]

Is there any way of comparing files on a hard drive against files in a media set to see how many of them have been backed up without actually backing them up?

Yes and no.

 

Yes, in that you do it the same way in Retro 8 as in Retro 6: prepare to run a backup and then browse the matched files.

 

However, whereas in Retro 6 it was easy to open up the entire directory structure and view the diamonds indicating the files already backed up, in Retro 8 you have to tediously open each folder and subfolder one at a time; there's no option-click shortcut to open everything. Furthermore, while Retro 6 was quite speedy in opening a folder, Retro 8 is annoyingly slow.

 

So, unless you are browsing a small volume or favorite folder--or you have a good idea of exactly what you're looking for--you could find the whole process impracticably burdensome, at least in the current version of Retro 8.