Windows 7: useful help for freefilesync?

tried using freefilesync. there is NO help with this program that tells u how to use it.
so I guessed by putting a folder on one side of the program and compared it to a folder on the other side of the program (the "sides" have no name) and then did synchronize. got files with green = signs and a bunch of = with red slashes. So there is no help to explain what any of that means either. So I killed the program and just did backup using usb file transfer to the external hard drive, very effective but slow and you have to backup everthing, even files that have not changed

any good help step by step tutorials that explain how to use program and what all these error messages mean? there is one video "tutorial" just using pictures but it is not very helpful really because it has no voice over or explanation of what it is doing.

thanks!

if i backup my website it has to be correct, not with a bunch of red equal signs.

Hello msongs. There is a help file with FFS which can be accessed via the help menu item. This video I made may also help you. Backup With FreeFileSync - YouTube. If you have any specific question post them and I may be able to help.

I want to update file changes in hard drive A folder to the target folder in hard drive B. Only the new items or changes, not everything. So I choose compare and it will not show me all the files in both drive A and drive B. If I choose to synch using "update" when it is done it will NOT show me all the files in both folders so I can tell if it worked right or not.

the only way to compare folders to see if new files were put in the backup folder is to use windows explorer and open both folders in both drives and visually inspect whether or not the changes were made.

Do you really want to scroll trough, maybe thousands of files just to see if it works?