[clue-tech] Re: More questions on backups, auto backups and mounting

[Adrian F. Nagle, IV]

Dave,

Yes, I think those directories are artifacts of when it used to be on at FAT fs.  The fs is now ext3.  I actually think it's from some sort of Seagate fs management.  I never installed that software, so I don't know how that works.


Adrian




> From: David L. Anselmi <anselmi at anselmi.us>
> Adrian F. Nagle, IV wrote:
> > Another question: My external Seagate drive has /RECYCLER, /_SYNCAPP,
> > /System Volume Information, and /lost+found directories.  Are these
> > directories I can delete, or if they should remain, do they need to
> > be backed up?
> 
> What file system is it?  The first 3 sound like Windows cruft.  The last is a 
> Unix thing--if orphaned files are found they are put in lost+found (when the 
> file system is checked).

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Adrian Nagle ~ anagle at naglenet.org