USB Copy- mirroring mode help.

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I've just done a lot of transferring of data from my (previous NAS backed up) USB drive to my new NAS, directly using USB Copy package in both instances.
I rather stupidly selected 'Mirroring Mode' to realise that if I delete something on one side it will delete it in the other (I know)
So my question is this: I now have all my data on my new NAS. All good. But can I zero out the USB drive and be secure that when I plug it back in it won't zero all my NAS data? Unlikely I know but thought I should check!

And then I am going to use HyperBackup instead of USB Copy...
 

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