Thanks again for the long reply, but I feel that my question wasn't answered. What is it that you are refreshing? Could it be that you are making more copies of corrupt data? This can happen if your backup DVDs or hard-disks had some problem. For the hard-disk, this could also be something caused by a virus or mistaken overwrite.

I want to make absolutely sure that the data is fine. Also, for the case that it is not I want to be able to repair it. Making 2 or more copies does not solve that problem but luckily there are ECC.

I will post a script when its ready, as it will surely be useful for many people.

In reply to Re^3: (OT) Redundant Backup by fundflow
in thread (OT) Redundant Backup by fundflow

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