Win 10 sync options?

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What are you guys using to sync files between two computers? One has Win 10, the other Win 7.

I am trying to get work done in two places...

Thanks!
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https://www.syncovery.com

Has many advanced features.

A no cost advanced solution is robocopy.
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Opensource single exe, "fossil sync", for source code and supporting files.
All other backups, I use PB & zlib code to pack targeted folders to multiple physical and cloud drives.
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Tenaja wrote:What are you guys using to sync files between two computers? One has Win 10, the other Win 7.
I am trying to get work done in two places...
Thanks!
Robocopy Command line tool. Exists natively in Windows from Vista.
For help:

Code: Select all

robocopy /? > help.txt & notepad help.txt
SyncBackSE (an old version SE v6). There is a free version with less options
https://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/index.html
Works in directory monitor mode to backup my data directories to another internal physical disks and then to my NAS.
(Robocopy can monitoring folders too)

:idea: Backup, backup, backup, a hard disk can fail at any time without warning.

:!: Avoid using Synchronize for data, use incremental backup and manually delete olds files from backup.

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Git with a private repository (free) on bitbucket.org. But you can use github if you pay the $7/month for private repositories. Just push/pull as you're ready--works great.
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Thanks a lot for the suggestions. I guess I have some testing to do. I haven't used a sync program for nearly ten years, and was hoping there might be something better these days.

Thanks again!
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Dropbox :-)

(Well, I actually do.)
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blueznl wrote:Dropbox :-)

(Well, I actually do.)
I use it for file sharing, but I found out they still keep files you have "deleted", and it's also no good if you are on an airplane...
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Somebody here wrote a very handy little sync/backup utility several years back. Unfortunately I needed to make a few tweaks for it to meet my needs and double unfortunately, it was closed source. I have yet to find anything I like as much as that little program.
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RSBasic's Live Backup System 1.1.9 (Download at his homepage)
This is made with PureBasic !
I use it nearly 2 years, to make backups to my NAS.
Other "Outsourcing" : Dropbox in crypted containers (Nobody except me has to read my crazy codes :mrgreen: ).
Full HDD Backups : Acronis True Image (yes, its not free, but worth to buy it!)

But there are many nice free tools out there... FreeFileSync, PersonalBackup just two of them.
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Native telemetry and sharing options in Windows are unreliable do to policy and telemetry policy changes in the background, and they also expose SMB which is a hot target even on a subnet.

I wrote a tool that does this infinitely-deep on a list of folders and sends changed, new, and deleted over SMTP or PB file function years back for someone with a enterprise network. It was just tens of lines of code because shares, idle states, ACL, and domains don't need handled if you just make a special user for the process or run it as admin..

I don't understand why there are commercial solutions for this unless they are just to sale embedded ads or licensing.. You can write it in most languages in minutes.
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