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What's the best synchronization software?

 

Hi all,

 

I have a working directory at work on my office PC. And I some times do work

at home at my home PC. And I also keep a copy on my laptop. Due to company

policies, I have to use USB drive to copy and paste from one computer to

another. I keep adding/deleting/modifying files on these three computers and

the directories are now a mess. I lost track about which PC keeps which

version of my work and when the files get more and more the whole situation

becomes a nightmare.

 

Could anybody recommend a good and effective sync software to handle these

things, esp. the sync through the USB drive? I assume the software should

not only copy and paste, but also resolve the conflicts by merging and

asking me to decide how to merge or discard files/changes.

 

I need the best sync software to boost my productivity. Thanks a lot!

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    I don't know if there is a "best" version. But the MS synch toy should work

    fine

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E0FC1154-C975-4814-9649-CCE41AF06EB7&displaylang=en

     

    --

     

     

    Harry Ohrn MS MVP [shell\User]

    http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

     

     

    "kfman" <kfman2008@gmail.com> wrote in message

    news:eMXIJrDwHHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    > What's the best synchronization software?

    >

    > Hi all,

    >

    > I have a working directory at work on my office PC. And I some times do

    > work at home at my home PC. And I also keep a copy on my laptop. Due to

    > company policies, I have to use USB drive to copy and paste from one

    > computer to another. I keep adding/deleting/modifying files on these three

    > computers and the directories are now a mess. I lost track about which PC

    > keeps which version of my work and when the files get more and more the

    > whole situation becomes a nightmare.

    >

    > Could anybody recommend a good and effective sync software to handle these

    > things, esp. the sync through the USB drive? I assume the software should

    > not only copy and paste, but also resolve the conflicts by merging and

    > asking me to decide how to merge or discard files/changes.

    >

    > I need the best sync software to boost my productivity. Thanks a lot!

    >

    >

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    "Harry Ohrn" <harry---@webtree.ca> wrote in message

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    >I don't know if there is a "best" version. But the MS synch toy should work

    >fine

    >http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E0FC1154-C975-4814-9649-CCE41AF06EB7&displaylang=en

    >

     

    Too bad. It doesn't include "merge and confliction resolve" inside the file

    level...

    I am not sure what will it do if it finds two files with the same name but

    different content in the two folders. Does it merely replace the older ones

    with the newer ones based on timestamp?

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    i think so. besides, it will crash down when it encounters a file path which

    is too long.

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    "kfman" <kfman2008@gmail.com> wrote in message

    news:eMXIJrDwHHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    > What's the best synchronization software?

    >

    > Hi all,

    >

    > I have a working directory at work on my office PC. And I some times do

    > work at home at my home PC. And I also keep a copy on my laptop. Due to

    > company policies, I have to use USB drive to copy and paste from one

    > computer to another. I keep adding/deleting/modifying files on these three

    > computers and the directories are now a mess. I lost track about which PC

    > keeps which version of my work and when the files get more and more the

    > whole situation becomes a nightmare.

    >

    > Could anybody recommend a good and effective sync software to handle these

    > things, esp. the sync through the USB drive? I assume the software should

    > not only copy and paste, but also resolve the conflicts by merging and

    > asking me to decide how to merge or discard files/changes.

    >

    > I need the best sync software to boost my productivity. Thanks a lot!

    >

    >

    You might try FolderSync a freebie from http://www.kalab.com/freeware/ -

    has no nags or adware.

     

    --

    Cajunswabbie

    U.S.N, Retired

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    In article <eMXIJrDwHHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, "kfman"

    <kfman2008@gmail.com> wrote:

    >What's the best synchronization software?

    >

    >Hi all,

    >

    >I have a working directory at work on my office PC. And I some times do work

    >at home at my home PC. And I also keep a copy on my laptop. Due to company

    >policies, I have to use USB drive to copy and paste from one computer to

    >another. I keep adding/deleting/modifying files on these three computers and

    >the directories are now a mess. I lost track about which PC keeps which

    >version of my work and when the files get more and more the whole situation

    >becomes a nightmare.

    >

    >Could anybody recommend a good and effective sync software to handle these

    >things, esp. the sync through the USB drive? I assume the software should

    >not only copy and paste, but also resolve the conflicts by merging and

    >asking me to decide how to merge or discard files/changes.

    >

    >I need the best sync software to boost my productivity. Thanks a lot!

     

    I use Second Copy, from http://www.centered.com

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    Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

     

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    "kfman" <kfman2008@gmail.com> writes:

    > Could anybody recommend a good and effective sync software to handle these

    > things, esp. the sync through the USB drive? I assume the software should

    > not only copy and paste, but also resolve the conflicts by merging and

    > asking me to decide how to merge or discard files/changes.

    >

     

    Have a look at (and yes this is its real name hehe)

    Super Flexible File Synchronizer

     

    http://www.superflexible.com

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    "kfman" <kfman2008@gmail.com> wrote in message

    news:eMXIJrDwHHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    > What's the best synchronization software?

    >

    > Hi all,

    >

    > I have a working directory at work on my office PC. And I some times do

    > work at home at my home PC. And I also keep a copy on my laptop. Due to

    > company policies, I have to use USB drive to copy and paste from one

    > computer to another. I keep adding/deleting/modifying files on these three

    > computers and the directories are now a mess. I lost track about which PC

    > keeps which version of my work and when the files get more and more the

    > whole situation becomes a nightmare.

    >

    > Could anybody recommend a good and effective sync software to handle these

    > things, esp. the sync through the USB drive? I assume the software should

    > not only copy and paste, but also resolve the conflicts by merging and

    > asking me to decide how to merge or discard files/changes.

    >

    > I need the best sync software to boost my productivity. Thanks a lot!

     

    I once had a project that just drove me buggy trying to keep track of

    versions when working from home and the office. I got into the habit of

    always saving my day's work with the project name and a number that I

    manually incremented by one every time that I did work on the project. The

    highest number was always the latest version.

     

    The system was cumbersome but it sure worked well and provided a lot of

    backup in case of system failures.

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    "kfman" <kfman2008@gmail.com> wrote in

    news:eMXIJrDwHHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

    > What's the best synchronization software?

    >

    > Hi all,

    >

    > I have a working directory at work on my office PC. And I some times

    > do work at home at my home PC. And I also keep a copy on my laptop.

    > Due to company policies, I have to use USB drive to copy and paste

    > from one computer to another. I keep adding/deleting/modifying files

    > on these three computers and the directories are now a mess. I lost

    > track about which PC keeps which version of my work and when the files

    > get more and more the whole situation becomes a nightmare.

    >

    > Could anybody recommend a good and effective sync software to handle

    > these things, esp. the sync through the USB drive? I assume the

    > software should not only copy and paste, but also resolve the

    > conflicts by merging and asking me to decide how to merge or discard

    > files/changes.

    >

    > I need the best sync software to boost my productivity. Thanks a lot!

    >

    >

     

    Yet another one for you to try beyond the 4 or 5 I see others suggesting:

     

    http://www.xs4all.nl/~lploeger/TreeComp3.htm

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    In article <eMXIJrDwHHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, kfman2008@gmail.com

    says...

    > What's the best synchronization software?

    >

    > Hi all,

    >

    > I have a working directory at work on my office PC. And I some times do work

    > at home at my home PC. And I also keep a copy on my laptop. Due to company

    > policies, I have to use USB drive to copy and paste from one computer to

    > another. I keep adding/deleting/modifying files on these three computers and

    > the directories are now a mess. I lost track about which PC keeps which

    > version of my work and when the files get more and more the whole situation

    > becomes a nightmare.

    >

    > Could anybody recommend a good and effective sync software to handle these

    > things, esp. the sync through the USB drive? I assume the software should

    > not only copy and paste, but also resolve the conflicts by merging and

    > asking me to decide how to merge or discard files/changes.

    >

    > I need the best sync software to boost my productivity. Thanks a lot!

    >

    >

    >

    I use Save n Sync. It has an option, called EOFM, that allows it to

    copy all files including "locked", open and protected system files.

    this allows me to create a perfect backup copy of the entire boot disk.

    If the original fails, the backup is bootable. Sometimes a restore to a

    previous days configuration is necessary.

     

    It will probably do what you want as well.

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