Starhawk Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 This seems like it should be easy enough, but I really dont know how to do it: When I save a file in a particular folder on my desktop, I'd like to sync it on the laptop which is on my home network so I will have a backup copy in case of drive failure and vice versa. (I only have 1 hard drive in both systems right now). Plus, I'll have all of my needed files on the laptop when im out. Any software suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 A friend has a nice lil batch file of all things that he wrote to do just this nightly. It scans a bunch of folders (photos, docs etc) & copies any new or /changed/ files to the other hard drive. He's got the batchfile scheduled to run once a night. Not quite what you're asking for, but a start... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan FB Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 I use a piece of software called Unison to do this. There seems to be a Windows GUI, though I've not used it before to be able to comment on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted October 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 Brian, that's really similar to what I was looking into doing. Ryan, Unison looks like it might be the answer. Reading up on it now. I will most definitely be using the GUI. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 I use a free program called Allway Sync. You set up the job (in my case, sync my music folder to my external HDD) and then set your options. I can tell it, for example, to automatically run the job whenever I connect my external HDD. I really like the program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted October 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 Thanks Jay! That program looks really simple and free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted October 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 Allway won the install on my computers. Looks like a really well made program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 And the price is right. Don't forget that when you create a job, you can go back into it and edit it to perfection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foogledricks Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 If I have the time, I might make you a program if you can't find one. It would be an extension to an FTPing/web publishing program I made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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