Sync folders with external h/d

corblimey

I'm looking for something that I'm not even sure exists. I have a folder with several sub folders. Of those, every now and then I want to copy them to an external h/d. However, there are several hundred files and several gigs of info in those sub folders and I want to avoid all those questions about moving, merging, copying, etc. Is there an app I can get where I can mark several folders as 'for syncing', then connect up the external h/d and just make it go? If not, why not?

JDxtra

I use Robocopy from the command line, works a treat. Think there is a GUI for it also.

sandleman1979

Yes Robocopy will do the job for you.
If you using windows XP you will need to download it form here

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en

Don't worry that its the Windwos 2003 server resource kit, it will work with XP as well!!

If your using Vista, then its already on the machine.

Robocopy is a command line tool, using a GUI is much easier, information on it can be found here

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2006.11.utilityspotlight.aspx

kmick

I use synctoy from MS. Its superb.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52&DisplayLang=en

JordanDC

I have been using sync back and find it great.

http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html

corblimey

kmick wrote: »

I use synctoy from MS. Its superb.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52&DisplayLang=en

JordanDC wrote: »

I have been using sync back and find it great.

http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html

Ooh spooky, dropbox appeared on Lifehacker today (not exactly what I'm looking for) but by drilling down, I found a top 5 syncing tools post from last year that mentions both of these - I had actually bookmarked them from that post to read up on this weekend before I saw these replies.

leninbenjamin

i use both Synctoy and Dropbox for backing up data. Synctoy is as great little tool, never had a problem with it, and ridiculousy easy to use while at the same time making it difficult to overwrite anything.

Dropbox i tend to only use as a backup to the backups, but i've been using it for a few months now and not had a problem with it.

DublinDilbert

I use a program called viceversa for mirroring data....

corblimey

I've settled on Syncback, barring any unforeseen disasters. I couldn't get Synctoy to delete files from the right folder when they're deleted from the left, even though I chose Echo. In any case, Syncback was a breeze to set up and tons more options (including a scheduler, Synctoy makes you use the Windows scheduler and cli)

Now, what I'd like to do is when I plug in that particular usb drive, I'd like synctoy to pop up and I can just hit 'run' to sync straight away.

Spocker

+1 for Syncback, I've been using it over the last couple of months to keep a backup of a couple of hundred gigs of stuff and it's excellent. I particularly like the scheduling feature.

My only gripe would be it won't sync my Outlook .pst file while I have it open, but thats a minor one...

humaxf1

I use allsync.

Works well.

Supports multiple jobs/scheduling and deletions

unklerosco

corblimey wrote: »

Now, what I'd like to do is when I plug in that particular usb drive, I'd like synctoy to pop up and I can just hit 'run' to sync straight away.

Create an autorun.inf file on ur usb key and enter the following text

[AutoRun]
open=c:\program files\path\to\synctoy\synctoycmd.exe -R “Folder Pair Name”

It should start it everytime u stick in ur sub key...

There's another way u can add it to the list of items that pop up when u insert ur usb key so u can run it manually... Can't remember how I did that tho, will try n dig it up...

mukki

unklerosco wrote: »

Create an autorun.inf file on ur usb key and enter the following text

[AutoRun]
open=c:\program files\path\to\synctoy\synctoycmd.exe -R “Folder Pair Name”

It should start it everytime u stick in ur sub key...

There's another way u can add it to the list of items that pop up when u insert ur usb key so u can run it manually... Can't remember how I did that tho, will try n dig it up...

are you me, i was just thinking of trying that earlier today, make things very handy for noob customers

BostonB

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