best way to sync data with 2 other pc's?

_Jimlad_ · 25 Aug 2011 at 15:38

ok i have my main rig and at present i use a robocopy script to my backup drive, which i then will plug in my laptop and media pc and again running a script to mirror the backup drives data, keeping all new tv shows and films synced. i understand this is a bit old and odd.. lol

so what is the best way to do this? i presume robocopy will work over the network? so i guess i can play with that, but interested to know what others use

MarkA · 25 Aug 2011 at 15:57

robocopy is pretty good to be honest.

_Jimlad_ · 25 Aug 2011 at 15:58

MarkA said:
robocopy is pretty good to be honest.

so when i get home then i need to add ip address or pc name? to the script? or does not not matter

kidloco · 25 Aug 2011 at 16:23

I use windows live mesh. Free and works a treat.

Django x2 · 25 Aug 2011 at 16:38

dropbox rofl

bledd · 25 Aug 2011 at 17:44

use robocopy

Share the folders and then map them..

Ie, X: would be \\server\sharename

so you can
robocopy /e "C:\source" "x:\destination"

Django x2 · 25 Aug 2011 at 20:05

I've often enjoyed a good SyncToy if you want a graphical Robocopy alternative. Don't think it's as feature rich though

remy87 · 1 Sep 2011 at 22:42

Syncback free version works pretty well and lots of options.

Subliminal Aura · 1 Sep 2011 at 23:21

I've found synctoy which is free from microsoft to be surprisingly good.

I have it wrapped in a windows script launched from a Task scheduler. At 6am the script wakes the PC, finds the server and android devices connected by USB, syncs all three devices and goes to sleep.

matthab · 2 Sep 2011 at 12:54

I like Windows Live Mesh but I find it has a high disk usage and isnt very quick.

Donkeyfumbler · 2 Sep 2011 at 13:15

I use free file sync to backup the media on my Netgear NAS and files in My Documents on the PC to some external drives. Works like a charm.

Glaucus · 2 Sep 2011 at 13:33

Ive always used synctoy, it's free, easy and great.
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=15155

Got it set up, to copy all new/modified files to a 2nd hard drive and my htpc.

zpos · 2 Sep 2011 at 15:16

Another vote for dropbox. Unless you've got lots of large files which might suck up lots of bandwidth.

Dropbox is available for ios/android so files are accessible anywhere.

Subliminal Aura · 2 Sep 2011 at 15:20

zpos said:
Dropbox is available for ios/android so files are accessible anywhere.

With one caveat - On Android the files are downloaded on demand which really sucks.

Now you see why I use synctoy for my android devices