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Macrium Backup Strategy + What Happens if Backup Drive is Disconnected
Hi all. I've on the advice of this forum installed Macrium Free for disc imaging (it feels like a really well put together application) to provide an additional backup for my writing, but would appreciate some help with a few questions from experienced users:
1. The designated drive is on occasion (eg when not at home) disconnected from the laptop when Macrium tries to run a backup. This seems to result in no option being offered to run the missed scheduled task manually when the drive is reconnected.
Is there a way to manually run (and if possible to flag that it's outstanding) the missed scheduled task (there's a full image button, but that's different I think?) when the drive is reconnected?
2. The drive (it's one of a couple plus some USB sticks in use) seems to be assigned a different drive letter (eg H:) every time it's reconnected which messes up the schedule/isn't necessarily the one specified.
Is there a way to permanently assign a drive letter to a given drive? (at least until it's no longer used)
3.Given the 500GB size of the current backup drive (a full image requires about 120GB at present) I've gone for a monthly full image, and a differential every 3 days, with retention set at 3 full images and x12 differential images.
As I think I understand it that should if needed permit restoration of the drive as it was at worst 3 days ago...
I'm figuring that a restoration is delivered by combining the monthly full image and the most recent differential image? Is this how it works?
I'm a little cautious about running the differential only every 3 days. Is this a reasonable strategy, or is it typical practice to use a larger backup drive and much more frequent backups?
Thanks