On-The-Fly File Sync?

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  1. sagebrushfire
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    On-The-Fly File Sync?


    I take a lot of Digital Photos and I usually organize them in a Photo folder on my extra HDD.

    I have an External HDD that I'd like to use to backup those photos.

    I'm looking for a program that I can use to synchronize the two folders just whenever I feel like it. I don't want something in the background ghosting my files; I just need to be able to update the folder on my External HDD after a shoot.

    I would just copy them over but I have my photos organized by subject matter so I don't have tons of folders for every shoot. I used to do folders by date but it got to hard to find a particular photo because I couldn't remember when I took it.

    Ideally it would be free software (Actually it has to be, I'm broke! :P)

    Thanks in advance.

    I honestly wouldn't have to do this if there was a "No to all" option when you replace folders with the same name. Then I could just drag the photography folder over the other, select "No to All" and only new files would be copied over.

    Can I not find this or did they not do it in Win7? I never understood why there was always Yes to All but not No To All.
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  3. NitroNate
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    i've been using viceversa pro for several years now. it is by far the best one i've found. it has a ton of options for synching, it's cheap and they have a 64-bit version as well. it recognizes modifications, deletes, additions, etc. so it can synch everything properly.
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  4. pparks1
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    Robocopy which is already installed. Command line tool
    robocopy C:\sourcefolder1 D:\backup\sourcefolder1 /MIR /E
    This mirrors the destination from the source. So, if you delete files from the source they are deleted from the destination. The /E does empty folders.
    It's fast because it only does files that have changed or are different.

    Karen's File Replicator: Same sort of thing, but comes with a GUI.
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  6. dnorris
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    SynchToy 2.0

    http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/d...displaylang=en
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  7. zigzag3143
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    SBF

    there is a free (i think) app called folder sync. can do manual scan. or be set to do it automatically
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  8. sagebrushfire
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    pparks1 said:
    Robocopy which is already installed. Command line tool
    robocopy C:\sourcefolder1 D:\backup\sourcefolder1 /MIR /E
    This mirrors the destination from the source. So, if you delete files from the source they are deleted from the destination. The /E does empty folders.
    It's fast because it only does files that have changed or are different.

    Karen's File Replicator: Same sort of thing, but comes with a GUI.
    Robocopy seemed to work very well.

    Can I put the parameters in a shortcut so I can just click once and repeat that task?
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  10. pparks1
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    sagebrushfire said:
    Can I put the parameters in a shortcut so I can just click once and repeat that task?
    Yeah, you can put multiple commands on separate lines in notepad and then save the file as C:\backup.bat. Then you can just run the backup.bat file and your backups will run. That's exactly how I do my backups...my file is C:\batch\backup2externalHardDrive.bat.
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  11. etegration
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    dnorris said:
    SynchToy 2.0

    Download details: SyncToy v2.0
    SyncToy is one of the worse ones. It does not sync deleted files. eg, files you delete are not replicated from source to destination.

    Use Allway Sync: Free File Synchronization, Backup, Data Replication, PC Sync Software, Freeware, File Sync, Data Synchronization Software it is the best thus far for multiple sync even.
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  12. sagebrushfire
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    pparks1 said:
    sagebrushfire said:
    Can I put the parameters in a shortcut so I can just click once and repeat that task?
    Yeah, you can put multiple commands on separate lines in notepad and then save the file as C:\backup.bat. Then you can just run the backup.bat file and your backups will run. That's exactly how I do my backups...my file is C:\batch\backup2externalHardDrive.bat.
    I had no idea you could do that. There are SO many cool things I could do with that!
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  13. dnorris
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    etegration said:
    dnorris said:
    SynchToy 2.0

    Download details: SyncToy v2.0
    SyncToy is one of the worse ones. It does not sync deleted files. eg, files you delete are not replicated from source to destination.

    Use Allway Sync: Free File Synchronization, Backup, Data Replication, PC Sync Software, Freeware, File Sync, Data Synchronization Software it is the best thus far for multiple sync even.
    Allway looks like a good program.
    However, I'm leery of synching deleted files. That would be an easy way to lose your backup.
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