Automatic Online Sync/Backup

Lethal`

Lethal`

Lethal`

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I often do my work on my USB flash drive at other PCs during the day. I would like some sort of online backup service which runs in the background on my home PC and will backup any changes made during the day to the online service when I plug my USB stick in.

I have looked at DropBox but it seems it doesn't accept removable media. It is best if this process is automatic so I don't forget to do it...

Can anyone suggest any services/methods?

Thanks :)
 
A scheduled task + script could work. Generally speaking Windows remembers the drive letter it uses for a particular USB stick, so you can refer to the same drive letter even after removing the stick.

I don't know of any particular software that does this, though I have never needed to backup directly from my USB stick.

EDIT: You could have the script backup from the USB drive to a local HDD, then use something else [DropBox for example] to back that up elsewhere.
 
SiriusB said:
A scheduled task + script could work. Generally speaking Windows remembers the drive letter it uses for a particular USB stick, so you can refer to the same drive letter even after removing the stick.

I don't know of any particular software that does this, though I have never needed to backup directly from my USB stick.

EDIT: You could have the script backup from the USB drive to a local HDD, then use something else [DropBox for example] to back that up elsewhere.
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That's a good idea. I might use that if no simpler solutions are available.

I guess I could write some sort of autorun script on the USB drive to check if it is my home PC I have plugged it into and if so, copy all files to DropBox folder and dropbox will do it's magic. But I've no idea how I would write that script.
 
The Task Scheduler in Vista and 7 can be triggered by hardware events - you could look into having it detect when a USB device is attached and then running a simple script.

Or take a look at Windows Live Sync. Rather less interesting but if it works...! :p
 
I made a solution using a PowerShell daemon I found on the MS forums, which will execute a script when my USB is connected. Then I used synctoy commandline to contribute files/folders to the dropbox folder and dropbox does it's magic. Although I didn't realise I would use over 2gb, need something free ideally :(
 
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