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XP - keeping files synced between desktop / laptop

  • 08-12-2009 6:06pm
    #1
    Random
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    I have a laptop and a desktop. I use both on a regular basis. I like access to the same files on both. I'd like to keep both synced on a regular basis (by hooking up to my home LAN perhaps).

    Does anyone do this? Any suggestions? I'd rather not use external HDDs as they lack portability.


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  • #2
    wandererz
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    There are tons of utilities out there i'm sure. However have you tried Microsofts Synctoy?? - assuming you're running Windows.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SyncToy


  • #3
    Overheal
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    Id be interested in what you find: I'd love it if my Documents between a desktop and a laptop synced in realtime, for example.


  • #4
    Random
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    Will have a look at that one wandererz.


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Overheal wrote: »
    Id be interested in what you find: I'd love it if my Documents between a desktop and a laptop synced in realtime, for example.
    robocopy does this . but it runs in the command line and not as a service

    you could make it a service though with svrany or srvany (sp)


    one BIG gotcha is if the time on either pc is out then it may copy files the wrong way based on which is newest :(


  • #6
    Adyx
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    I've yet to use it myself but Dropbox is designed to do exactly this. A basic account with 2GB storage is free. Probably wouldn't be much use for media obviously.


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  • #7
    Fysh
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    The only smart way to do this properly is to get a NAS box, or failing that to use a router that supports attached USB storage and slave an external hard drive to it.

    Yes, you can faff about with Synctoy (I use this at work to keep my up-to-date patch/install files on my desktop copied onto the pendrive I carry around the building) but it's not really designed to keep the contents of two computers in sync, and as such the work involved in getting it to do that will be more than it's worth. (The only way to do it IMO would be to put all files you want to share on each computer into one folder, share that folder over your LAN, then map it over your LAN from the laptop and let Synctoy run a contribute-sync between the folder on the laptop & the folder on the desktop, and if you're dealing with more than a couple of GBs of files you could be looking at a good bit of time for each synchronisation).


  • #8
    Overheal
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    Ok, maybe not in XP but in at least 7 you can use a Briefcase folder. make the briefcase on your desktop, fill it with your files, and copy it over to the laptop. Then just sync the changes whenever you switch from one to the other.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briefcase_%28Microsoft_Windows%29


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