Review of microsoft synctoy

I've 12T buffalo nas. If you are doing the copy paste to external drives. I would look at. Browse by category. Microsoft Corporation SyncToy by Microsoft. Ratings Breakout. Overview A personal File Syncronization tool that allows for the configuration of files and folders you wish to keep in sync between a PC and a laptop or a flash drive or other external storage or even network storage.

Check out the product website. Read all reviews. Spiciest Critical Review Steve Burkholder. If a file is deleted on the left side, it is supposed to be deleted on the right side as wel Jiten Rash This person is a verified professional. Overall Rating. Nov 15, Daniel Beato This person is a verified professional. Nov 12, Because of this, some users will be hesitant to take advantage of this well done, free tool. If Microsoft would build in a scheduler for SyncToy, larger businesses or even Enterprise users might take advantage of this application.

If you are looking for a backup tool, and the idea of using a third-party scheduling solution doesn't bother you, then SyncToy might be the best solution for you. And don't let the price tag fool you, this "toy" will get the job done and do it well.

It's not as feature-rich as some of its costlier brethren, but SyncToy performs and will keep your data backed up. Have you encountered or used SyncToy? If so, what do you think? Rate your experience and compare the results to what other TechRepublic members think. Give your own personal review in the TechRepublic Community Forums or let us know if you think we left anything out in our review.

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Automatically sign up today! He's covered a variety of topics for over twenty years and is an avid promoter of open source. For more news about Jack Wallen, visit his website jackwallen Easy to use interface It had some quirks however, 1. You have to use scheduler to run a scheduled backup 2.

When two folders are the same, it adds the info from one folder into the next, should have a copy and rename option 3. Should have a rename option when two files are the same, basically an option to keep both, not send to recycle bin tested it, it does send to recycle bin, will not keep both 4. Backup did not always work when I changed a file or folder until I did a test run, then run. Basically would not recognize a new folder or file until after test run I don't know if this would affect scheduler or not.

Hope for an X64 version as well although upon this review, I didn't check to see if existed yet Review details Interface Features Ease of use Value Recommend to a friend? Yes Posted Aug 11, for v2.