Create and maintain regular, up-to-date backups of critical files with this great, free tool. Most of us don’t back up our files nearly often enough. I’m not sure I like living on the edge–after all, ...

Windows only: Synchronize the contents of two folders, either across your home network or on the same PC with a free utility from Microsoft, SyncToy. The 2.0 beta's been released and gotten smarter ...

Windows: Microsoft's SyncToy is a simple but effective tool for mirroring folders across hard drive locations, networks, or USB devices. With a 2.1 update, it's been retooled to run faster, back up ...

Data synchronization for two tower computers and a laptop is a daily routine for me. MAIN tower is in my home office; SPARE tower is in my university office; Norwich University supplies me with a ...

I’ve been using Microsoft’s free sync utility, SyncToy, for awhile, so it is good to see it move in to 2.0 beta status. The list of improvements look quite extensive. biggest improvement is dynamic ...

Like so many others, I assumed my hard drive would never crash and I always meant to back up files on disk, but I never did. Then the drive crashed, taking four years of my kids' pictures and a ...

I'm using SyncToy to back up some files from HDD on WinXP Home to a flash memory. Everything was fine until I added a folder that had a Hebrew nane both on the HDD and the flash memory (the folder ...

I'm looking for an alternative to Microsoft's SyncToy. I found ChronoSync but at $40 I'd like to find something cheaper or free. I want to compare the folder of MP3's on my MacBook to the folder of ...

If you are using more than one pc and especially if you are mobile, you likely need or use some type of synchronization tool. I’ve been using Microsoft’s SyncToy since it was released and find it to ...

In this series about synchronizing files on different computers, I’ve been telling you about ways to match up the contents of specific folders on different computers – sometimes using cables and ...