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#1 2025-10-25 22:23:13

marilyn fleming
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Swapping external drives

I have current backups for drives D and E. I am merging the drives to a single larger drive which will be F. I will then dismount D and E, and those letters may eventually get re-used for things like flash drives that don't need backup. Is there a way that I can freeze my D/E history while moving forward with F

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SteveA
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Re: Swapping external drives

I don't think so.

Once F has backed up, you will have everything currently on D and E - but anything you may have deleted from D and E over time, will of course be lost.

Also bear in mind. the backup of F will not contain the previous versions you've accumulated on D and E.

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