Compare

Compare is intended to compare saved data with the data on the hard drive and check additionally for read errors.

Using the "Compare" button of the tool bar opens the compare screen. Like the restore screen all done backups are shown in a list and can be inspected.

Direct access to the backup data isn't necessary to inspect existing backups. Siegfried Backup contains an internal database that manages all drive, folder, file and symlink names of all completed backups. Backups can be quickly and easily inspected by using the file selection.



Compare is used to check the saved data for read error. Also there can be changes detected between the saved and the data on the hard drive. "Settings" allows to customize what should be compared (data, file size, attributes, etc).

The result of the compare will be written to the report. All found differences will be reported with filename and the kind of difference.