General Software Question

[seattleike]

I am asking this on this forum because I love the advice I get here and hoping someone can help me.

I am looking for advice on software to mirror my laptop files to my home computer. I could either be present to sync or do over internet. Any recomendations would be great.

[dsvochak]

SyncBack: http://www.2brightsparks.com/

[jdhurst]

Absolutely!!

I gave up on Offline File Sync as it breaks just for looking at it. I went to SyncBack Pro, and have never once looked back. One very nice feature is that it works on XP Pro, Vista Business and Windows 7 Pro. Most highly recommended.
.... JDH

[GomJabbar]

Might have to check this out myself. I have been looking for a new backup solution since my current solution does not support Windows 7 (I admit that I have been procrastinating in this area lately...).

[seattleike]

How does this compare to goodsync?

[yak]

http://dropbox.com

[moronoxyd]

+1 for Dropbox

[mgo]

I am asking this on this forum because I love the advice I get here and hoping someone can help me.

I am looking for advice on software to mirror my laptop files to my home computer. I could either be present to sync or do over internet. Any recomendations would be great.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 already have a fast file copy utility called "RoboCopy". Easy to run once a user sets up the batch files for it. Instructions are a little geeky, but people here could help you. It is extremely fast.

[Superego]

Not sure if it fits your needs, but I use a program called Unison. The main reasons I use it are:

1) Free & open-source
2) Cross-platform (I sync my Fedora box at the office with my laptop, which has a shared drive for Arch Linux and Windows 7)
3) User-level, since I don't have root access at work.

It's pretty bare bones, but I don't need much. I chose to build my own, but pre-built binaries are available.