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OAITW r.2.0

(28,529 posts) Wed Oct 27, 2021, 12:28 PM Oct 2021

So, I have my entire business data/history file on my PC - about 25GB [View all]

I want to back it up to my Seagate SSD. Is there a way to just have Windows copy only new files on my PC, to the Seagate Drive without deleting the existing backup and recopying the entire base?

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So, I have my entire business data/history file on my PC - about 25GB [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 OP

In theory absolutely yes it's possible ... it's called a differential backup Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #1

Copy and Paste. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #3

Lol okay. Try copy/paste again and I believe Windows will pop up with a warning Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #4

If I make changes to my office PC today, I will redo the back-up and see if this works. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #7

And read the dialog box about overwriting the existing files with the newer ones. LastDemocratInSC Oct 2021 #12

Depending on the capacity of your SSD Best_man23 Oct 2021 #2

It's an external HD. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #6

Not An Answer - Just An Odd Response wyn borkins Oct 2021 #5

Might be easier just to image the disk periodically or to use a cloud based service like Dropbox. waterwatcher123 Oct 2021 #8

Thanks for the response! OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #9

Glad it was somewhat helpful (lots of ways to accomplish this process). waterwatcher123 Nov 2021 #15

And keep multiple copies of the backups in different locations if you can. LastDemocratInSC Oct 2021 #13

The XCOPY and ROBOCOPY commands will do this PSPS Oct 2021 #10

As Hugh said above canetoad Oct 2021 #11

I will check it out! Much thanks! OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #14