Sync of folders

[btaylo24]

Anybody here have the same problem as me?
Got a folder on a PC that you backup to external drive (or other local pc drive) things like family pictures or music collection?
Also I have MAIW packages on the go and need to back them up incase my HDD fails??

I always have a problem getting the folders in sync between the "master and "secondary"

Well try this................
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en

Called Synctoy and can do all the above for you and more. Its an ace tool and I use it every day to ensure I have backups of important stuff on my PC
It can do the following types of sync
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SyncToy can perform five actions on folder pairs.

Synchronize: New and updated files are copied both ways. Renames and deletes on either side are repeated on the other.

Echo: New and updated files are copied left to right. Renames and deletes on the left are repeated on the right.

Subscribe: Updated files on the right are copied to the left if the file name already exists on the left.

Contribute: New and updated files are copied left to right. Renames on the left are repeated on the right. No deletions.

Combine: New and updated files are copied both ways. Nothing happens to renamed and deleted files.
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Maybe it will help someone?

Barry

[Keith Jones]

Thanks for that, Barry. Up to now i have been using a very old utility called Filesync which, I believe, was originally developed in the windows 98 era! It does its job, but it's getting long in the tooth now.