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Old 23-07-2012, 14:39   #1
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File based backup software
Looking for software recommendations. Just received a WD "My Book Essentials" drive and the software that came with it is causing problems (not backing up / copying over files larger than 50Mb). I've looked on the WD forums and seems it's an ongoing problem I don't want to waste time waiting for WD to get their act together so was hoping others could recommend any decent software.

What I would like is to be able to choose individual files and have them backed up as they are altered eg a photo edited in Photoshop is instantly "synched/updated" with the copy on the new drive. Hope I've made sense

I've got several external drives but never bothered with software, just did "copy and paste" periodically but it's all getting too time consuming ...
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Old 23-07-2012, 14:50   #2
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have a look at Allway Sync they have a version that if you don't sync too much data per month it's free. I have the Pro version as I have a lot of data to backup

http://allwaysync.com/
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Old 23-07-2012, 14:51   #3
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have a look at robocopy or ms-synctoy
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Old 23-07-2012, 14:55   #4
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Thanks Maxatoria & anniebrion will go and read up on them.
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Old 23-07-2012, 15:11   #5
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Allway Sync definitely has the ability to monitor files in real-time and sync as necessary.

SyncToy doesn't have this ability, not sure about about Robocopy.

Also worth taking a look at cloud storage for your most essential data - Dropbox, SkyDrive, Google Drive, etc. This makes a nice addition to your regular onsite backups.
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Old 23-07-2012, 15:18   #6
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Jumping bytes has a ton of functions including auto sync of monitored folder and event driven backups like when a network drive an external hard drive is connected.

http://www.jumpingbytes.com/en/puresync.html
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Old 23-07-2012, 15:21   #7
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If you want dropbox then use my referral and get an extra 500MB of free space: http://db.tt/6jLrBjI

I only need one more person to refer and I'm have the maximum free space
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Old 23-07-2012, 16:08   #8
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If you want dropbox then use my referral and get an extra 500MB of free space: http://db.tt/6jLrBjI

I only need one more person to refer and I'm have the maximum free space
Can't help you out with dropbox unfortunately Trying the Allway Sync atm, seems to be working out a treat
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Old 23-07-2012, 16:10   #9
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Can't help you out with dropbox unfortunately Trying the Allway Sync atm, seems to be working out a treat
No Problem, I'm sure I'll get dropbox completed some day

I love the variety of triggers that can be used in allway sync, if all else fails you can even use Windows Task Scheduler
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If you want dropbox then use my referral and get an extra 500MB of free space: http://db.tt/6jLrBjI

I only need one more person to refer and I'm have the maximum free space
Just came across this in one the trade summaries I get,

http://searchconsumerization.techtar...app-insecurity
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Old 23-07-2012, 16:13   #11
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Just came across this in one the trade summaries I get,

http://searchconsumerization.techtar...app-insecurity
Does not affect me, plus my sensitive stuff is encrypted before being sent to DB.
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Old 23-07-2012, 16:57   #12
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No Problem, I'm sure I'll get dropbox completed some day

I love the variety of triggers that can be used in allway sync, if all else fails you can even use Windows Task Scheduler
It's whizzing through the files, chuffed to bits it's handling everything I'm throwing at it atm I'll use it for a while and if still happy then will buy it.
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Old 06-08-2012, 12:53   #13
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Handy Backup 7 has a Photoshop plug-in, seems, it can do what you want.
http://www.handybackup.net
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Old 06-08-2012, 19:50   #14
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Handy Backup 7 has a Photoshop plug-in, seems, it can do what you want.
http://www.handybackup.net
You've been flogging that for 2 years. It does even do the things you say it does!
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