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PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 2:11 am    Post subject: Can Not Change Attributes Reply with quote

My backups the forever because it tries to over write files that probably don't need it, and I get a slew of errors stating that attributes can't be changed. I tried to attach a picture, but couldn't figure it out, but here's an image:

at classical.net/Image6.jpg

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 27, 2025 12:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Dave,

I see all the errors. What type of drive/device is the target?

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 12:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

TGRMN Software wrote:

I see all the errors. What type of drive/device is the target?


The source is a QNAP NAS and the target is a WD external USB HDD.

It seems to think there're attributes mismatches everywhere, so it backs up everything, not just changed files.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 6:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi, it says it can't change file attribute or timestamp wile copying files, so they will mismatch. Maybe try running ViceVersa as full admin as a test?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I may try that. The account I use has admin permissions, and I don't think I've ever used the admin login, so I'm not sure how to go about it. But I'll look into it.

When I backup the same files to any other drive (NAS or HDD), I don't have this problem, if that's pertinent.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just wondering if turning ON

'Do not copy file/folder data streams'

in

'Additional Settings' / 'More Settings'

might help ?

I seem to remember a lot of unexpected errors with a copy job, and this seemed to cancel them.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2025 7:39 pm    Post subject: Cannot Change Attirbutes Reply with quote

I've now tried all of the suggested solutions, but without luck. Those error messages get generated for all 200,000 files I'm backing up from a NAS to a USB HD. Really slows things down.
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