{"id":"external-drives.how-does-storage-studio-check-moved-files-on-the-drive","url":"/faq/external-drives/how-does-storage-studio-check-moved-files-on-the-drive","category":{"id":"external-drives","title":"External drives"},"subcategory":{"id":"checking-the-drive","title":"Checking your drive"},"question":"Does Storage Studio keep checking that my moved files are still safe on the drive?","alt_questions":["Does Storage Studio verify files on the external drive later?","Integrity checks on fast drive","Will I be told if moved files go missing?","storage studio monitors fast drive","How do I know my relocated data is intact?","Ongoing checks external SSD"],"short_answer":"Yes. Light checks run regularly, a deeper one about weekly, and more when the drive reconnects. Problems appear as a single plain-English notice in Background Activity, and Storage Studio never hides missing data. Keep a backup too.","answer_markdown":"Yes. Besides checking each move as it happens, Storage Studio keeps an eye on what it has moved: a quick, lightweight check runs regularly, and a deeper one runs occasionally (at most about once a week, so it doesn't keep your drive busy). Checks also run when the drive reconnects.\n\nIf something is missing, orphaned or unexpectedly changed, you get **one** plain-English notice in **Background Activity** rather than a flood of alerts — and Storage Studio never covers a problem up, for example by putting an empty folder where missing data should be. It can't prevent a drive from failing, so keep a backup.","answer_html":"

Yes. Besides checking each move as it happens, Storage Studio keeps an eye on what it has moved: a quick, lightweight check runs regularly, and a deeper one runs occasionally (at most about once a week, so it doesn't keep your drive busy). Checks also run when the drive reconnects.

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If something is missing, orphaned or unexpectedly changed, you get one plain-English notice in Background Activity rather than a flood of alerts — and Storage Studio never covers a problem up, for example by putting an empty folder where missing data should be. It can't prevent a drive from failing, so keep a backup.

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Does Storage Studio keep checking that my moved files are still safe on the drive?

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Short answer: Yes. Light checks run regularly, a deeper one about weekly, and more when the drive reconnects. Problems appear as a single plain-English notice in Background Activity, and Storage Studio never hides missing data. Keep a backup too.

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Yes. Besides checking each move as it happens, Storage Studio keeps an eye on what it has moved: a quick, lightweight check runs regularly, and a deeper one runs occasionally (at most about once a week, so it doesn't keep your drive busy). Checks also run when the drive reconnects.

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If something is missing, orphaned or unexpectedly changed, you get one plain-English notice in Background Activity rather than a flood of alerts — and Storage Studio never covers a problem up, for example by putting an empty folder where missing data should be. It can't prevent a drive from failing, so keep a backup.

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