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I am not talking about the Test button from the toolbar. When you create a scheduled task in Backup Properties->Scheduler, you can select the Test action to be executed. The test after backup will test only the files from that backup, but a complete test you schedule will test all the files from th...

The size in catalog is the size of the file read from Windows. If the size is different, it means FBackup was not able to read the correct size probably because of the Volume Shadow Copy service (it could be in use/locked even if IE is not running). Try to make a copy of that file and run again the...

You can also schedule a backup test, to make sure there are no errors/warnings (also including missing files). This way you will run the complete mirror only when the test returns warnings/errors. You mean use the "Test" button that is on the main window? What does this do exactly? Is it ...

I am just starting with FBackup, and am planning to use it in mirror mode with fast mirror, removal of deleted and excluded files, and copy empty folders. I had thought that this would maintain a mirror of my selected source(s) in the backup location. However I have come to realize that this does no...

I have been testing FBackup in Hyper-V Windows 8.1 virtual machine (machine name HV-Win81). I am doing a mirror backup with fast mirror, removal of excluded and deleted files, copying of NTFS security permissions, test after backup, backup empty folders, and smart file scanning mode. My user name is...