Comments on: Keeping files in sync http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=708 Helping PC users make sense of Microsoft software since 1991 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:54:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: EZToms http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=708&cpage=1#comment-1507 EZToms Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=708#comment-1507 I use Syncback from <a href="http://www.2brightsparks.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.2brightsparks.com/</a> it's very powerfull, and does a great job for back & sync between drives, computer & ftp, the free version works just fine and the SE one adds some nice feature like the ability to copy protected files (Outlook PST files...), secure ftp... For simple explorer copy/move, I highly recommend supercopier, it replace the explorer copy/move with a enhanced version that can skip files if there's a pb etc... it also give you transfert rate and I find it much reliable than the MS one. Like your blog BTW, lots of good tips & infos ;) I use Syncback from http://www.2brightsparks.com/ it’s very powerfull, and does a great job for back & sync between drives, computer & ftp, the free version works just fine and the SE one adds some nice feature like the ability to copy protected files (Outlook PST files…), secure http://ftp...

For simple explorer copy/move, I highly recommend supercopier, it replace the explorer copy/move with a enhanced version that can skip files if there’s a pb etc… it also give you transfert rate and I find it much reliable than the MS one.

Like your blog BTW, lots of good tips & infos ;)

]]> By: Thomas Hawk http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=708&cpage=1#comment-1508 Thomas Hawk Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=708#comment-1508 Hi Ed, I do actually use File Sync as well and have for years. The problem with File Sync though is that it is significantly slower than Windows Explorer. To back up a huge library it can be extremely time consuming. I've had problems with File Sync before where it freezes up as well or hangs or gets stuck on a file if I try to do an entire drive. Most of the time I will start the copy job with Windows Explorer and then when (and with my extensive mp3 collection this happens with virtually every letter) the Explorer copy job fails, I use File Sync to try to get the rest of it. I still get errors from File Sync but at least it gets most of the stuff backed up. It still is quite a pain and I have lost significant portions of my library in the past due to not having things backed up properly. I wish it were not such a pain and hope that Longhorn addresses this significant Windows problem. Most recently I've also still been having problems with external disc drives. Most recently I bought a new 400 gig external Seagate. I will be copying a job and all of a sudden get errors. Then the drive disapears. The only way to get it back is to turn it on and off and have Windows rediscover it. I'm not sure why it just mysteriously disappers so frequently but it is just one of a host of problems that I've had trying to manage a large digital library on a bunch of external drives. Hi Ed,

I do actually use File Sync as well and have for years. The problem with File Sync though is that it is significantly slower than Windows Explorer. To back up a huge library it can be extremely time consuming. I’ve had problems with File Sync before where it freezes up as well or hangs or gets stuck on a file if I try to do an entire drive.

Most of the time I will start the copy job with Windows Explorer and then when (and with my extensive mp3 collection this happens with virtually every letter) the Explorer copy job fails, I use File Sync to try to get the rest of it. I still get errors from File Sync but at least it gets most of the stuff backed up.

It still is quite a pain and I have lost significant portions of my library in the past due to not having things backed up properly. I wish it were not such a pain and hope that Longhorn addresses this significant Windows problem.

Most recently I’ve also still been having problems with external disc drives. Most recently I bought a new 400 gig external Seagate. I will be copying a job and all of a sudden get errors. Then the drive disapears. The only way to get it back is to turn it on and off and have Windows rediscover it. I’m not sure why it just mysteriously disappers so frequently but it is just one of a host of problems that I’ve had trying to manage a large digital library on a bunch of external drives.

]]> By: J-Walk http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=708&cpage=1#comment-1509 J-Walk Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=708#comment-1509 Try DirSync, from Archersoft. I used this for backing up my music collection. I tried 7-8 similar programs, and they all had at least one problem. But DirSync is perfect (for me) and blazingly fast. <a href="http://www.archersoft.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.archersoft.com/</a> Try DirSync, from Archersoft. I used this for backing up my music collection. I tried 7-8 similar programs, and they all had at least one problem. But DirSync is perfect (for me) and blazingly fast.

http://www.archersoft.com/

]]> By: chuck http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=708&cpage=1#comment-1510 chuck Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=708#comment-1510 Try FolderMatch. <a href="http://www.foldermatch.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.foldermatch.com/</a> Its 35 bucks but really a great great piece of software. I'm guessing that FileSync would be slower than Explorer is because during the transfer, FileSync ensure that Explorer is copying what it says its copying and ensure no errors at a higher level. That's just a guess. You'd have to run a packet capture utility to see what's happening on the wire. Cheers, Chuck Try FolderMatch.
http://www.foldermatch.com/
Its 35 bucks but really a great great piece of software.

I’m guessing that FileSync would be slower than Explorer is because during the transfer, FileSync ensure that Explorer is copying what it says its copying and ensure no errors at a higher level. That’s just a guess. You’d have to run a packet capture utility to see what’s happening on the wire.

Cheers,
Chuck

]]> By: Alex Sanchez http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=708&cpage=1#comment-1511 Alex Sanchez Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=708#comment-1511 I have used smartsync pro for the past year and have been very pleased with it. I read about it from Walt Mossberg from Wall Street Journal. I has some good features for backing up and syncing. I believe that I paid something like $30. I have had no problems whatsoever with it. I have used smartsync pro for the past year and have been very pleased with it. I read about it from Walt Mossberg from Wall Street Journal.

I has some good features for backing up and syncing.

I believe that I paid something like $30. I have had no problems whatsoever with it.

]]> By: Ed Bott http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=708&cpage=1#comment-1512 Ed Bott Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=708#comment-1512 Thomas, why not use Xcopy with the /E and /C switches? (/E to copy subfolders, /C to continue after errors) Sounds to me like you have a hardware problem somewhere. Those errors are not being caused by files but by a USB controller, I suspect. Thomas, why not use Xcopy with the /E and /C switches? (/E to copy subfolders, /C to continue after errors)

Sounds to me like you have a hardware problem somewhere. Those errors are not being caused by files but by a USB controller, I suspect.

]]> By: Sandra Link http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=708&cpage=1#comment-1513 Sandra Link Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=708#comment-1513 I use an online file sync service which uses Novell's iFolder as the back-end service. www.littlenetworks.com I use an online file sync service which uses Novell’s iFolder as the back-end service.

http://www.littlenetworks.com

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