Using SyncBack to Synchronize Your Windows Folders

Rob Williams · 10-12-2010, 08:59 PM

Keeping data backed up or synchronized in Windows isn't always the most self-explanatory of processes, and it's because the OS doesn't make it easy to do either of them. Fortunately, there's a solution that happens to be free, feature-rich and most importantly, reliable. It's called SyncBack, and deserves to be in your virtual toolbox.

Read the rest of our look at SyncBack, and discuss it here!

Greg King · 10-12-2010, 09:18 PM

Very good write up. I puchased this software a year or so ago and have loved it. I still use it on my windows box to backup my data to a NAS. The free version that you tested does almost everything that most anyone will use it for so good job testing something that anyone can download and use.

One thing that I recommend, if you don't care to purchase the paid version of SyncBack is creating a simple script to kick off Robocopy. It's a free program provided by Microsoft that runs from a command shell and works wonderfully.

DarkStarr · 10-13-2010, 01:02 AM

Or you could try the simple free GUI program SyncToy 2.1 from M$ and you can run it as a scheduled task.

Greg King · 10-13-2010, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkStarr

Or you could try the simple free GUI program SyncToy 2.1 from M$ and you can run it as a scheduled task.

That's what I do with Robocopy. The script I wrote kicks off every Sunday morning at 4am as a scheduled task. I haven't used SyncToy but that's a very god suggestion.

Rob Williams · 10-14-2010, 01:02 AM

Or you could use SyncBack, a very robust and easy-to-use solution!

;-)

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10-12-2010, 09:18 PM	#2
Greg King I just kinda show up... Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,081	Very good write up. I puchased this software a year or so ago and have loved it. I still use it on my windows box to backup my data to a NAS. The free version that you tested does almost everything that most anyone will use it for so good job testing something that anyone can download and use. One thing that I recommend, if you don't care to purchase the paid version of SyncBack is creating a simple script to kick off Robocopy. It's a free program provided by Microsoft that runs from a command shell and works wonderfully. __________________ "It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan System: Intel i5 2500K \| Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 \| 16GB G.Skill DDR3 \| Crucial M4 128GB SSD WD 1TB Black x1 \| WD 2TB Green x 1 \| XFX Radeonn HD 6850 \| Corsair H80 Water Cooler Fractal Design R3 \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Dell 2410 x 3 @ 1920x1200 ESXi Host: Intel i7 920 @ 3.0 GHz \| Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P \| 24GB Patriot DDR3 \| WD 1TB Black x 2

10-13-2010, 01:02 AM	#3
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10-14-2010, 01:02 AM	#5
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Or you could use SyncBack, a very robust and easy-to-use solution! ;-) __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

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