unwanted thumbnail files when doing a mirror to NAS

[mwmoskwa]

When doing a Mirror from Windows 7 PC to a NAS device a .thumbnail directory is created along with a thumbnail file for each image type file.

This does not happen on a PC to PC mirror

This screws up the entire backup and causes the thumbnails to be deleted the next time a mirror is done.

The third time will add them back in and so on and so on.

[TGRMN Software]

Hi, which software is creating this directory?
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[mwmoskwa]

The problem was not with the ViceVersa Software, but rather with the NAS software itself. I am using a IOMEGA 1X2-2 which has a feature called Media Server which allows ITUNE direct usage. That feature automatically creates a ".thumbnail" sub directory in any folder containg an IMAGE file (JPEG is all I have tested). That folder will have an automatically generated thumbnail file for each JPEG File.

So when you do a mirror using a Master Folder to the NAS these extra files are created on the NAS which do not exist in the Master Folder. This causes a non compare the next time and massive deleting if you are talking about a large number of JPEG files.

I had incorrrctly stated that this did not occur when doing a simple copy to the NAS. I just did not wait long enough, because it does happen with a drag and drop or any copy.

The solution is to disable the Media Server which causes a problem with ITUNES. The IOMEGA Forum has asked that this be incorporated as a user selectable function since when this happens it is almost impossible to delete these extra files. BUT ViceVersa actually provides a solution by deleting them on the next Mirror.

Thank you for responding, I have no further comments