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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: raldo on October 16, 2008, 09:22:20 am

Title: Auto Import when external drive not connected...
Post by: raldo on October 16, 2008, 09:22:20 am

During work today, there had been a power outage.

I restarted my PC and ran an autoimport.

However, I forgot to power on my external drives.

--> My entire library gone...

I can understand that a library item is removed if, say, a folder is removed, but when a disk is disconnected?!

Title: Re: Auto Import when external drive not connected...
Post by: raldo on November 26, 2008, 10:04:09 am

It happened again yesterday (on one disk only, though).

This has to be a bug?

Title: Re: Auto Import when external drive not connected...
Post by: JimH on November 26, 2008, 10:07:19 am

Under MC Options, for Library and Folders, there is a setting for "Fix Broken Links".  How is it set?

Title: Re: Auto Import when external drive not connected...
Post by: Matt on November 26, 2008, 10:12:58 am

Jim's advice is good.

A background auto-import will never remove more than 10% of the files, for this very reason.  However, if the import is run by the user, it does not impose this limit.

Title: Re: Auto Import when external drive not connected...
Post by: raldo on November 26, 2008, 10:19:59 am

"Fix Broken Links" is set to "yes".

Should "yes (protect network drives)" be enabled instead?

Title: Re: Auto Import when external drive not connected...
Post by: JimH on November 26, 2008, 10:22:41 am

Quote from: raldo on November 26, 2008, 10:19:59 am

Should "yes (protect network drives)" be enabled instead?

That's what it's for.

Title: Re: Auto Import when external drive not connected...
Post by: Matt on November 26, 2008, 10:23:46 am

Quote from: raldo on November 26, 2008, 10:19:59 am

"Fix Broken Links" is set to "yes".

Should "yes (protect network drives)" be enabled instead?

Use "Yes (protect network drives)", which is the default.

It only considers a file missing if:
1) The directory the missing file is in still exists.
OR
2) The drive the missing file is on is an attached, fixed drive.

[EDIT: Jim and I are racing, and he won]

Title: Re: Auto Import when external drive not connected...
Post by: raldo on November 26, 2008, 10:39:44 am

Thanks.

I've used MC since version 8, and I honestly can't say when I changed the option away from default :)