Advice on backup method

[Chas IRONS]

Good day all

As a retired end user of Ubuntu Linux since 2005 I cannot get an
easy/simple backup method to work. Would File Manager copy to a flsh
drive and restore a damaged file safely? I have never needed to recover
but it may happen.

I have used the Backup front end for deja-dup each month-end many times
but this time it would not switch to a new flash drive. The Software
Centre also had many bad comments. So I installed Back in Time with its
recommended default settings but it failed with many pages of errors
about Evolution files. My Evolution folders have 65MB of history about
banking, medical,tax and investment transactions that I must keep.

The first few errors in the log below were followed by 10 pages of
Evolution errors: Please advise me!
[E] Error: rsync: symlink
"/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles-PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/opera/SingletonCookie" -> "11075476278167463458" failed: Operation not permitted (1)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink
"/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles-PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/opera/SingletonLock" -> "Charles-PC-3224" failed: Operation not permitted (1)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink
"/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles-PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/opera/SingletonSocket" -> "/tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.y4TlhJ/SingletonSocket" failed: Operation not permitted (1)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink
"/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles-PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/pulse/1b13e7b811a0e3d43e110330544bc30b-runtime" -> "/tmp/pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n" failed: Operation not permitted (1)
[E] Error: rsync: mkstemp
"/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles-PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/evolution/addressbook/views/.current_view-file:___home_chas_.local_share_evolution_addressbook_local_1148126609.11372.6 at ubuntu.xml.nXKWlY" failed: Invalid argument (22)
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