I might be able to enlighten you some. I'm not sure the differences between 
synthetics in 5.1 and 6.5 as I am only using them in 6.5.

You're close but not quite on the mark about synthetics. The point of the 
synthetic is to reduce server down time, shorten the backup window and reduce 
network utilization by creating NEW backups by combining the most recent FULL 
with ALL Differential backups newer than that FULL. The FULL and Diffs aren't 
altered in any way, you don't want them to be, you want to still be able to go 
back to them if you need to. The only thing that is synthetic about the 
synthetic backup is the fact that it didn't get the data directly from the 
server rather it got it from two or more previous backups.

None of this helps my original question of course...

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