From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 2/14/2026 5:17 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:04:47 +0000, mick wrote:   
   >   
   >> I use this on windows and mint   
   >> https://freefilesync.org/   
   >   
   > The answers to “What features make FreeFileSync unique?”   
   >  don’t seem very “unique”   
   > ...   
   >   
      
   This one stands out for me.   
      
      "Cross-platform: Runs on Windows, Linux, macOS "   
      
   The rest of it is mostly tick boxes.   
      
   And the standard limitation on all of these products, is   
   not having utilities that can detect whether they are   
   working properly or not. You have to test these products   
   before you can accept them.   
      
   One product for example, did not restore GPT Attributes word   
   properly, meaning "what was restored was not EXACTLY what   
   was backed up". A trouble ticket raised got that corrected.   
   It took human eyeballs and some symptoms to detect that one.   
      
   One product, if you Google and look at the historical record,   
   it couldn't even manage to do a FAT32 backup and restore properly.   
   When that happens, you know it isn't an actual problem with the   
   backup portion. That's a failure to do the safety checks   
   first (FSCK before backup), that would be why a particular   
   backup and restore did not work.   
      
   There is a lot more FSCK going on now, than may have been   
   apparent in the past. Which can contribute to fewer screwed   
   up file systems.   
      
      Paul   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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