Synching files from pc to pc on lan

[krycor]

Anyone know what, if possible, freeware can do this.. ie. folder on my pc1 and pc2. pc2 has all files/stored on it but pc1 has only some files and gets newer files which i want to pushed to pc2 when i update it. Also if i move files i don't wanna have duplicates or files dissapear. ie keep structure as pc1 unless it does not have it but don't delete from pc2 if the files don't exist on pc1

 

[BradDC]

um.... if u where using linux, id suggest rsync... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync

 

[krycor]

Oh sorry forgot to mention.. both windows xp machines though one is a home edition on a laptop

 

[Claymore]

Microsoft SyncToy.

 

[Goobie]

try also the free edition of Syncback @ http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/syncback-hub.html

 

[krycor]

thanks

 

[MrSmith]

We have been using this http://www.dillobits.com/insync.html for years and it works very well. Not free but you can trial it for 30 days.

 

[MrSmith]

Microsoft SyncToy.

I just tried using Microsoft SyncToy, its not bad just very slow compared to InSync. A Sync that normally takes about 2 minutes with InSync took around 10 minutes using SyncToy. It also seemed hogged all the bandwidth on my WiFi network so that i could not surf the internet while it was busy.

 

[Claymore]

I just tried using Microsoft SyncToy, its not bad just very slow compared to InSync. A Sync that normally takes about 2 minutes with InSync took around 10 minutes using SyncToy. It also seemed hogged all the bandwidth on my WiFi network so that i could not surf the internet while it was busy.

Odd. I found it to copy pretty quickly. Mind you, depending on what you're copying, fist time could take a while. After that, it's only changes.

 

[MrSmith]

Odd. I found it to copy pretty quickly. Mind you, depending on what you're copying, fist time could take a while. After that, it's only changes.

No for me 1st and 2nd time seemed to take the same long time

 

[Claymore]

No for me 1st and 2nd time seemed to take the same long time

How very odd! The Echo and Synchronise options should only copy changed files - run a preview, and it shows what will be copied.

 

[SecretCode]

Filesync is good, lightweight but configurable
http://www.fileware.com/products.htm#FileSync
Free with nags

 

[Moederloos]

depends on the exact requirements.
for simple stuff:

xcopy source destination /s/y/d/c

eg xcopy h:\myfiles c:\myfiles /s/y/d/c

 

[thewanted_]

depends on the exact requirements.
for simple stuff:

xcopy source destination /s/y/d/c

eg xcopy h:\myfiles c:\myfiles /s/y/d/c

I'm a big fan of command-line

Look for Robocopy.exe on MS's site. It has a mirror switch (/MIR) that's very handy for syncing files on different machines.

The syntax is a bit different to xcopy, but once you've got the hang of it, I promise you'll never look back.