Backup/Automatic Synchronization Software

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Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some good backup software.

What I want it do is to back up a specific folder from the C drive to my external WD drive. If I add data to that specific C folder, I want the back-up utility to silently copy all the data I've added and back it up to the external WD drive without me even knowing about it.

What can everyone recommend?


Cheers
 

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AllMac said:
Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some good backup software.

What I want it do is to back up a specific folder from the C drive to my external WD drive. If I add data to that specific C folder, I want the back-up utility to silently copy all the data I've added and back it up to the external WD drive without me even knowing about it.

What can everyone recommend?


Cheers
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I use Second Copy and it works perfectly. Once you install and set it up you'd never even know it was running.
 

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SyncBack SE from 2brightsparks.com. They also have a free version which sounds like it will do what you need.

Microsoft also has the free SyncToy; I don't know whether it works with Win7. I prefer SyncBack to SyncToy.

Second Copy is good too and I used it for a while but found SyncBack SE met my specific requirements better.
 

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Thanks everyone! I'll definitely check out your suggestions.
 

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Windows 7 Enterprise
CPU
Intel S1155 Core i7 3770K 3.50Ghz Quad Core
Motherboard
Intel S1155 ATX DZ77RE-75K
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Corsair 8GB CMD8GX3M2A1866C9 DDR3 1866MHz
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