I have two 1TB external HD's that I use. One is my primary storage device (besides my laptop's HD) and the other is a backup of the primary external. When I backup external 1 to external 2, I basically delete everything on external 2, then copy it all over from external 1, using a second computer. I'm thinking that might not be the best way. What do you recommend? I have a Win8 laptop. I'm planning on getting a new 2TB (or larger) external, but this is what I have for now. Thanks!
I use https://www.goodsync.com for all my backups. You set up backup jobs and the software compares both sides and will only add anything new or changed.
Robocopy is very easy. Comes with Windows, and can be run from the command line. I have a default command I use that I can post here if you're interested (it's saved to a text file on my home machine).
Quote from: heathen on March 11, 2019, 03:27:08 PM
Robocopy is very easy. Comes with Windows, and can be run from the command line. I have a default command I use that I can post here if you're interested (it's saved to a text file on my home machine).
That would be helpful. My command line days are long gone.
Quote from: splumer on March 13, 2019, 09:39:55 AM
Quote from: heathen on March 11, 2019, 03:27:08 PM
Robocopy is very easy. Comes with Windows, and can be run from the command line. I have a default command I use that I can post here if you're interested (it's saved to a text file on my home machine).
That would be helpful. My command line days are long gone.
Robocopy Q:\Music R:\Music /MIR /Z /VThe first directory (Q:\Music in my example) is the source and the second is the destination. If the name of your directory has a space in it you'll need to use quotes like this:
Robocopy "Q:\Live Music" "R:\Live Music" /MIR /Z /V/MIR makes the destination a mirror of the source, so it will delete stuff that isn't present or the same as in the source. /Z runs it in restartable mode (I've never needed to restart it though). /V is verbose output...that can easily be omitted (I like seeing it scroll through all the directories though, but that's mostly so I can feel like I'm in the Matrix). Here's a full list of commands and such: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy
I've been using WinMerge to compare multiple backup disks of my primary music drive to make sure I didn't miss anything. Works great, and it's fast (if you just compare by Size, otherwise it compares actual content which takes a looong time w/ about 250 GB!).
Can d/l it from sourceforge.net.