After completing a backup on my desktop PC with My Passport, I can not open any file to see and/or verify what has been backed up. Has anyone else had this problem or have any recommendations?
Larry B.
WD doesn’t provide this function at this moment.
In my experience, this device copy function by using linux rsync is reliable enough that I don’t need to verify it.
However, there are always situation that you may need it especially when you get back to see the result but the device is already auto power-off.
Therefore, I wrote a simple bash script to check the file integrity.
You may also do the same thing by using the find -exec md5sum command like this
find “$source_dir” -type f -exec md5sum {} ; > /tmp/1st_list &
find “$destination_folder” -type f -exec md5sum {} ; > /tmp/2nd_list &
I can send you my script if you want it, no charge :>
Clovis - I appreciate your input, but not sure I understand your reply or how you can physically see what data your Passport has actually backed up? When my program does run it says it backed up, but without being able to see the data on the Passport, I’m not comfortable assuming the data from my PC is actually there in case it’s needed at some point in the future. Do you have any other ideas, or does anyone else have the same concern as me??
I was out of town last week.
Sorry that I misunderstood you want to verify the result of SDCard copy.
If it is just to verify your desktop PC copy and your Passport is connected as a kind of attached device, usually you don’t need to verify it because your OS (whatever windows/mac) will check the file checksum to make sure the copy process is error free.
However, if you are really worry, you may try to run some Integrity verification tools (e.g. ViceVersa) to check each file bit by bit.
Clovis -
I was able to get in touch with WD on the Passport issue (800) 275-4932 & got my questioned resolved. Thanks for your help.
Larry B.
