[hiroshige]

Hi guys,

here is a short HowTo about doing CRC-checks with your Kama Connect 2.

What you need:

• 5 Files (1x 10GB, 1x 5GB, 1x 3GB, 1x2GB, 1x1GB), total 20GB

You can generate these files quite easily by opening the command prompt (Start, Run... cmd) and then typing: fsutil file createnew c:\testfile.txt 10737418240
This creates a 10GB-txt-File on drive C:. For the other file-sizes use 5368709120, 3221225472, 2147483648 and 1073741824 bytes.

• ViceVersa-Software (Free evaluation version available, klick)

1. Create 2 folders (One on local harddisk, one on your HDD connected over USB using the Kama Connect 2 using the original cables provided with Kama Connect 2) named e.g. temp
2. Copy the files created as described above into the folder on your local harddisk (this means only on your local drive, not into the external hdd!)
3. Open ViceVersa and select the two folders. This looks then like this:
   
   
4. Klick on Compare and then on OK when the Status summary appears. Now select "Backup (Mirror source and target)" as Method and click on Execute.
   
   
5. Klick OK to close the execution summary.
6. Select Lists -> Verify -> Verify/Recompare Source(s) and Target(s) using CRC and let it run.
   
   
7. If there are any CRC-errors, you will see those in the Status Summary
   
   CRC-Errors found:
   
   
   
   No CRC-Errors found:
   
   
   
   The program is really exact, you can try this by e.g. adding one single sign inside of you txt-files.
8. Have fun. The process of doing backup and verify needs quite a long time.