JayUK20 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I am looking for some software (free or paid) that will monitor one drive for changes such as a file or folder being added and then the software will then copy those news files to another hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 The Dark Knight Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 SyncToy will get the job done. It's free too! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 pgudge Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I second SyncToy, I use it to backup photos to a NAS box from my Home Server directories. Very good MS app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 articuno1au Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I have used Robocopy for similar work. It depends on the type of files though. If a file has a write lock, Robocopy will wait for the lock to release before continuing which might rule it out >.< Robocopy is built into Windows Vista and above :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Depicus Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Or maybe Dropbox - yes I know it's not exactly what was requested but it does have the benefit of an offsite backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +BudMan MVC Posted May 1, 2012 MVC Share Posted May 1, 2012 robocopy is the perfect tool for this it has /mon and /mot modes /MON:n :: MONitor source; run again when more than n changes seen. /MOT:m :: MOnitor source; run again in m minutes Time, if changed. If there is a write lock on the file - why would you want to copy it? Simple command to run -- nothing else to install, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I am looking for some software (free or paid) that will monitor one drive for changes such as a file or folder being added and then the software will then copy those news files to another hard drive.
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