Folder Synchronization Tools

Canadian Puppy · 12-03-2008, 08:59 AM

I have a 1TB external hard drive connected by USB to my workstation. As I have over 100GB of photo's on my desktop, I would hate to lose them. I'm looking for a tool that will monitor a directory tree on my working drives, and automatically synchronize changes with the external drive. I never use the external drive for work, just as a hot backup.

I'm looking for something that is transparent, I don't want to have to babysit it. I have no preference between live/scheduled. OS is 64bit Vista Ultimate, and I'm looking for free/dirt cheap, and even things I can do within Vista itself.

TIA!

Quarkmachine · 12-03-2008, 11:12 AM

If you want free, MS has a Power Toy called SyncToy.

Website

jaketerminate · 12-03-2008, 12:02 PM

I think MS Office 2007 has a tool like this, i might have run across it but im only slightly sure...

Ill update you if I get any more info on this.

Tinker · 12-04-2008, 03:36 AM

Folder Clone will do this for you but it is not free.

Salty Brine Software - product line

Canadian Puppy · 12-10-2008, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quarkmachine

If you want free, MS has a Power Toy called SyncToy.

Website

I ended up using SyncToy, as well as RoboCopy to meet my needs. Thanks for the suggestion.

12-03-2008, 08:59 AM	#1
Canadian Puppy Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edmonton Posts: 84	Folder Synchronization Tools I have a 1TB external hard drive connected by USB to my workstation. As I have over 100GB of photo's on my desktop, I would hate to lose them. I'm looking for a tool that will monitor a directory tree on my working drives, and automatically synchronize changes with the external drive. I never use the external drive for work, just as a hot backup. I'm looking for something that is transparent, I don't want to have to babysit it. I have no preference between live/scheduled. OS is 64bit Vista Ultimate, and I'm looking for free/dirt cheap, and even things I can do within Vista itself. TIA!
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12-03-2008, 11:12 AM	#2
Quarkmachine Rub my ears please... Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Derby, Ks Posts: 366	Re: Folder Synchronization Tools If you want free, MS has a Power Toy called SyncToy. Website __________________ Frank Home Page "Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now."
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12-03-2008, 12:02 PM	#3
jaketerminate Maximum Post Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: CT Posts: 896	Re: Folder Synchronization Tools I think MS Office 2007 has a tool like this, i might have run across it but im only slightly sure... Ill update you if I get any more info on this. __________________ "Mozart" Rig #1 Case: Thermaltake Mozart TX Mobo: Asus P5N-E CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4ghz Memory: 4GB (2x 2GB) G.Skill DDR2 Hard Drive: 320 GB Western Digital 7200 RPM Video Card: EVGA Nvidia 9800GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) Power Supply: 600W OCZ StealthXStream OS: Windows XP Homee Edition and Ubuntu Linux x64 Monitor: 22" Westinghouse LCD and 2 Dell CRTs HP Pavillion tx 2000z Tablet CRACKED SCREEN CPU: AMD Turion x2 2.1Ghz Memory: 3GB Hard Drive: 250GB 5400RPM GPU: ATI Radeon 3200 64mb OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7000 Beta 1TB Seagate External Backup Drive
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12-04-2008, 03:36 AM	#4
Tinker How did they do that??? Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Indiana USA Posts: 543	Re: Folder Synchronization Tools Folder Clone will do this for you but it is not free. Salty Brine Software - product line __________________
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