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What is the best method for verifying that a backup was successful?
I've tried many backup utilities. Everything from Robocopy to SyncBack to GoodSync to Unstoppable Copier to the good ole drag 'n drop.
When I'm done with a copy - even if the software says the copy was successful - I'll right click on the source and destination to ensure they match. Quite often they don't. It then becomes just about the most tedious task imaginable to find the culprit file or folders.
Here's an example of something which happened. I copy folder X from one drive to another using SyncBack. I then right click on the source and it says 11 files. I right click on the destination and it says 10 files. I then rename destination folder X to be Y. Then I perform a drag and drop of folder X from source to destination. Now when I right click, it says 11 files.
And none of these tools provide an adequate log which will show which files failed to copy. Is there some other software I could run which will find the files which don't match?