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I need to keep track of which photos and other files are on multiple computers
(at home, work, laptop) and to make sure there's a copy on my external USB hard
drive. Also, something that will find duplicate files in different folders on
the same machine would be a nice feature too. And something that keeps track
of folder contents and prints a listing would be helpful.

I've tried FolderMatch from SaltyBrine software - it has several nice features
but doesn't seem to be able to examine sub-directories or folders within
folders - the sub-folders have to be examined separately.
SynchronizeIt from Grig software has fewer features from what I've seen, but it
is able look at sub-directories.
ADCS (Advanced Directory Comparison and Synchronization) from Heatsoft seems
good, but can only be used on 3 computers, if I understand their explanation of
'activation.'
The price is around $30 for these programs.
Any suggestions, observations or corrections, please?

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> I need to keep track of which photos and other files are on multiple
computers
> (at home, work, laptop) and to make sure there's a copy on my external USB
hard
> drive. Also, something that will find duplicate files in different
folders on
> the same machine would be a nice feature too. And something that keeps
track
> of folder contents and prints a listing would be helpful.
>
> I've tried FolderMatch from SaltyBrine software - it has several nice
features
> but doesn't seem to be able to examine sub-directories or folders within
> folders - the sub-folders have to be examined separately.
> SynchronizeIt from Grig software has fewer features from what I've seen,
but it
> is able look at sub-directories.
> ADCS (Advanced Directory Comparison and Synchronization) from Heatsoft
seems
> good, but can only be used on 3 computers, if I understand their
explanation of
> 'activation.'
> The price is around $30 for these programs.
> Any suggestions, observations or corrections, please?

I have tried File SyncForce and It is pretty good for synchronizing whole
disks. Price is about $35 if you buy.
http://www.objectforce.com

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> Any suggestions, observations or corrections, please?

I've been using Equalise (which I wrote) for many years:

http://www.satsignal.net => Disk Utilities, Equalise

Cheers,
David

d h wrote:
> I need to keep track of which photos and other files are on multiple computers
> (at home, work, laptop) and to make sure there's a copy on my external USB hard
> drive. Also, something that will find duplicate files in different folders on
> the same machine would be a nice feature too. And something that keeps track
> of folder contents and prints a listing would be helpful.
>
> I've tried FolderMatch from SaltyBrine software - it has several nice features
> but doesn't seem to be able to examine sub-directories or folders within
> folders - the sub-folders have to be examined separately.
> SynchronizeIt from Grig software has fewer features from what I've seen, but it
> is able look at sub-directories.
> ADCS (Advanced Directory Comparison and Synchronization) from Heatsoft seems
> good, but can only be used on 3 computers, if I understand their explanation of
> 'activation.'
> The price is around $30 for these programs.
> Any suggestions, observations or corrections, please?

I use a program called FileSync from www.fileware.co.uk. It's how I
sync up changes on my hard drive with my DVD backups so I don't have to
burn a new DVD every time.

I recently switched to robocopy, a command-line utility from Microsoft that
can be used to copy/backup/sync folders. I've just put a link on my desktop
and double click on it to initiate the backup. It is really fast and can be
combined with the task scheduler if you want to automate syncs/backups.

It can be found on Microsoft NT4/W2k/XP Pro/2003 resource kit CDs. The 2003
Server resource kit can be downloaded from
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=4544. Earlier verisons can be found
on the internet (do a Google search).

Alternatively, xxcopy is a freeware alternative that appears to be at least
functionally equivalent.