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<blockquote data-quote="Don Kuykendall_RIP" data-source="post: 525278" data-attributes="member: 6277"><p>WD has backup software that normally comes with its drives and it does a pretty good job. If you don't mind clicking a button there is a free program by Microsoft that I have been using for years. IT will take a little while the first time you run it but from then on it just compares and adds, replaces, deletes to sync the two drives. </p><p></p><p>[h=1]<a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15155" target="_blank">SyncToy 2.1</a>[/h]</p><p>You just set up Folder toys and then name them. You can have more than one folder pair so you don't have to run the entire thing every time. Set it up to suit your workflow. What I normally do on the files I do use it on is when I am finished for the day I just click and run the program and walk away. </p><p></p><p>I use a offsite service for backup. I use Carbonite and it runs without any interference from me. I also have a External drive that does a Mirror image backup which is great in case you have a full meltdown of your system and need to do a full restore. </p><p></p><p>I use the Personal Plus Plan which is $99.99 a year since it will also back up all my External drives. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.carbonite.com/" target="_blank">Online Backup, Cloud & Hybrid Server Backup | Carbonite</a></p><p></p><p>I like this since in case the worse thing happens and someone breaks into you home and steals your computer and your external drives or your house burns down all is not lost. I have had failures in the past and lost photos that I con not replace. That will not happen again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Don Kuykendall_RIP, post: 525278, member: 6277"] WD has backup software that normally comes with its drives and it does a pretty good job. If you don't mind clicking a button there is a free program by Microsoft that I have been using for years. IT will take a little while the first time you run it but from then on it just compares and adds, replaces, deletes to sync the two drives. [h=1][URL="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15155"]SyncToy 2.1[/URL][/h] You just set up Folder toys and then name them. You can have more than one folder pair so you don't have to run the entire thing every time. Set it up to suit your workflow. What I normally do on the files I do use it on is when I am finished for the day I just click and run the program and walk away. I use a offsite service for backup. I use Carbonite and it runs without any interference from me. I also have a External drive that does a Mirror image backup which is great in case you have a full meltdown of your system and need to do a full restore. I use the Personal Plus Plan which is $99.99 a year since it will also back up all my External drives. [url=http://www.carbonite.com/]Online Backup, Cloud & Hybrid Server Backup | Carbonite[/url] I like this since in case the worse thing happens and someone breaks into you home and steals your computer and your external drives or your house burns down all is not lost. I have had failures in the past and lost photos that I con not replace. That will not happen again. [/QUOTE]
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