[dba-Tech] Everything Question

[Jon Tydda]

Surely if you uninstall everything, nothing will work? :)


Jon

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> On 18 Oct 2018, at 23:28, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> A long while back, I installed Everything, then after a while, removed it
> since I never used it. Times change, and so does hardware. Currently I have
> a 250GB SSD in my Ultrabook, plus several USB 3.0 external storage devices.
> I love the speed of the SSD, but I save lots of documents there, all under
> the My Documents folder. Said folder is mirrored on my 1TB drive
> (external).
> 
> Decades ago, I obtained a utility called JET, which came with a storage
> board; it was a copy program with a wonderful assortment of switches, that
> so far I have not found equaled on any copy utility since.
> 
> Because of the limited size of my current SSD, and my OCD-indicative habit
> of storing documents, I need to flush My Documents to the mirror on the 1TB
> external drive, but with some provisos:
> 
> 1. Copy everything in My Documents (folders and files) from the SSD to the
> external drive, that do not already exist on the target drive.
> 2. Delete everything in My Documents older than today.
> 3. Rinse and Repeat once a day at some specified time.
> 
> I've been exploring Everything, but I'm new to it, and so far have not
> discovered the way this can be accomplished.
> 
> Finally, it has become clear that a 250GB SSD is woefully inadequate in
> terms of storage. I've been scouting the on-line vendors and it appears
> that a 1TB SSD is not beyond my threshold of affordability, assuming that I
> choose not to eat red meat for a month (😉), not in itself a bad thing, but
> let's face it, even with great recipes for tofu, nothing compares with my
> BBQ steak, for which I am locally famous.
> 
> I digress. Can Everything do this task that I desire, as enumerated above?
> 
> -- 
> Arthur
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