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Data synchronization for two tower computers and a laptop is a daily routine for me. MAIN tower is in my home office; SPARE tower is in my university office; Norwich University supplies me with a laptop computer as well. For the last five years, I've been ensuring that these computers have the same data by using the Microsoft SyncToy versions. I wrote about my initial experience with SyncToy in 2005.
I use SyncToy v2.1 morning and evening - in the morning to synchronize* MAIN to a USB drive* USB to SPARE* USB to PORTABLE
Then in the evening, I have to synchronize PORTABLE to SPARE and SPARE to USB before leaving my university office and then synchronize USB to MAIN on reaching my home office. Whew!
SyncToy is free. The product allows us to define synchronization pairs: folders or even entire volumes that we want to ensure are identical on source and target. SyncToy Version 2.1 is available for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. One can create a new folder pair, delete an old folder pair, and rename any folder pair from this window.
?Synchronization options include:* Synchronize: "New and updated files are copied both ways. Renames and delete from either side are repeated on the other."* Echo: "New and updated files are copied left to right. Renames and delete on the left are repeated on the right." Here, left means the source and right means the destination.* Contribute: "New and updated files are copied left to right. Renames on...