Backing up project

Roger Bansemer wrote on 11/1/2022, 1:13 PM

I have a large project for PBS. It's a two part program. The clips for the programs are in one file and I wanted to back up each program with the appropriate Veg file but I don't want to back up all the clips that weren't in any of the shows. So... I've opened each project and started to back up each of the shows to another drive but I've discovered that when I do this Vegas duplicates and renames the files. This leaves me with two identical files and doubles my backup hd space. Any idea on how to get around this problem as I want to back up both shows to the same directory? I thought it would just overwrite the files but it doesn't.

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john_dennis wrote on 11/2/2022, 8:39 AM

@Roger Bansemer

I just compartmentalize my simple projects...

...and copy the whole directory to a spinning disk that normally stays powered off inside the machine.

Periodically, I bring a duplicate hard drive from a different location, mount it in a removable rack and go somewhere else while it duplicates my archive drive.

Also, not normally spinning in my machine is an empty ARCHIVE-1 for when ARCHIVE-0 is filled and BACKUP where I keep system images and other important data. Both of those drives have duplicates in the can.

I don't want complexity in backup just to save disk space.

Sorry for not answering your question, just sharing an alternative approach.

Roger Bansemer wrote on 11/2/2022, 9:10 AM

Thanks for the information. I generally don't worry about hd space but I've used 4 cameras in 4K running for several hours so it's a lot of space. After reading the comments, I think my best bet is to back up each program to a separate directory and then copy one program over to the other. That way Windows will ask me if I want to or not want to replace or ignore the files with the same name. That way I can put all the files in one directory without having duplicates.

john_dennis wrote on 11/2/2022, 9:22 AM

Good idea.

I have one fetish that about small files and spinning disks. I use Agent Ransack to find all the .sfk files on my work disks before I copy them to a spinning disk. I'm not fond of listening to actuators seek for small files. They can be recreated in silence if/when I move the project back to an NVMe disk in the future.