Hi everyone I have an external hard drive which i use to back up all my music and files on, is there a way that when i connected the external drive to my computer it can update all the new music and files i have added?
hope someone can help,
many thanks
It depends on how you backed them up... if you did a manual back up ( copy & paste ) then the answer is no... If you used a 3rd party program like Acronis True Image Home, then you should be able to do an differential backup without any problems...
Hope this helps...
Thanks for the reply mate, i just used the copy paste method but would like to understand how the other way would work. I understand an image is just a backup of whatever it is you decide to backup but i dont really want an image of my backed up music and files just an automatic update of the files when i connect the external hd to my computer if you see wat i mean.
thanks again
yes, Acronis will do what you want ... its called a differential backup... only backs up files that have changed since your last backup... You may have to start the process manually but that shouldnt be a problem.... Good Luck ...
Thanks so much mate is there a free version of acronis around? I did find another program called d sync which lets you sync 2 folders at a time to automatically update seems quite good to. Dont think the macrum free image program i have installed will do wat acronis can will it?
I use Paragon. They do free versions
Both the backup s/w and the partition manager.
You can search it or use this link;
Paragon Backup & Recovery Free Edition (32 bit) - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com
For something like this, I don't think you necessarily want a backup application.....rather you want a sync type application to make a duplicate copy to your external drive.
I use robocopy at the command line
robocopy C:\musicfolder E:\musicfolder /MIR
The /MIR switch tells it to mirror the source and the destination. So, if I delete files from C:\musicfolder...it removes it from E:\musicfolder when I run it.
Robocopy just does files that have changed since the last run, so it's very fast.
The other tool you might want to try is Sync Toy. This is a GUI based Microsoft freebie that does the same thing as described above....just not from the command line.
Thanks so much everyone for all your help, your right parks its not so much an image program im after i have macrium for that, i will try the 2 sync tools you sugested tho as the d-sync app only lets you sync 2 folders
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