SyncToy - Backup User Data

This is an old thread, but I'm hoping to get a reply.
My network is flaky, on-again-off-again. Soon there will be a #3 computer too. Can I use Synch Toy to backup data vfiles between 2 networked computers?

RoWin7 said:

This is an old thread, but I'm hoping to get a reply.
My network is flaky, on-again-off-again. Soon there will be a #3 computer too. Can I use Synch Toy to backup data vfiles between 2 networked computers?

Yes, although you want to make sure your network is less "flaky" first.

See:
synchronize between two laptops

I'm already set up as in that MS post, and I still get permission problems. I already hashed this out on one of the other boards some time ago. Sometimes I just have to stop trying to fix something and get back to my work, the kind that pays the rent.

My machines are only 10' apart, and the network is wired, so I copy things manually if I have to, via a flash drive.

How would SyncToy be better than just a copy over the network? Does it work in the background on a preset schedule rather than on demand? Does it copy only those files that have changed?

RoWin7 said:

Does it work in the background on a preset schedule rather than on demand?

Either. You can run it manually, or set it up to run using Task Scheduler.

Does it copy only those files that have changed?

Yes. After the initial run where everything is copied, subsequent runs only copy what has changed.

It sounds good. I always have an image on an external drive, but backing up important files that change often is becoming cumbersome.

Many thanks.