djcity
Hi VDJ Family...
I have a Western Digital Passport 400gb 2.5 external HD. I have a large portion of my music on it.
I also just purchased a Toshiba portable 500gb HD.
How in the world do I back up my music and stuff? I am going to copy the entire Western Digital HD over to the Toshiba but from then on, How do I back up only whats new or changed?
I add music or change something and may not remember where I added it so I want the backup software to be able to add or change anything that I added or changed without going through a whole boatload of music myself.
Can this be done?
I have always backed up by simply re-copying the entire HD. It takes many hours to do that. There has got to be a simpler way.
If I sound ignorant to backup software, it's because I am. I have never used the backup programs that come with HD's and I have always deleted them.
Now...I need to know how they work anf if I should use em.
Thanks....
I have a Western Digital Passport 400gb 2.5 external HD. I have a large portion of my music on it.
I also just purchased a Toshiba portable 500gb HD.
How in the world do I back up my music and stuff? I am going to copy the entire Western Digital HD over to the Toshiba but from then on, How do I back up only whats new or changed?
I add music or change something and may not remember where I added it so I want the backup software to be able to add or change anything that I added or changed without going through a whole boatload of music myself.
Can this be done?
I have always backed up by simply re-copying the entire HD. It takes many hours to do that. There has got to be a simpler way.
If I sound ignorant to backup software, it's because I am. I have never used the backup programs that come with HD's and I have always deleted them.
Now...I need to know how they work anf if I should use em.
Thanks....
Posté Sat 14 Nov 09 @ 10:35 am
GadgetMan
City,
There are plenty of good file sync programs out there. I happen to use Easy File Sync 2.0 from www.easyfilesync.com.
I have two identical external HDD's, but my music is kept on my PC at home. I literally plug the HDD in to my PC, run the required job I have created and it will only copy the files that have either changed. It will also delete files that no longer exist if necessary.
Cheers,
Roy
There are plenty of good file sync programs out there. I happen to use Easy File Sync 2.0 from www.easyfilesync.com.
I have two identical external HDD's, but my music is kept on my PC at home. I literally plug the HDD in to my PC, run the required job I have created and it will only copy the files that have either changed. It will also delete files that no longer exist if necessary.
Cheers,
Roy
Posté Sat 14 Nov 09 @ 10:50 am