Synchronize files between two folders, drives, computers or backup files to offline media including removable hard drives and CD/DVD RW.
Update: This program has been superseded by SynchQt which is available on SourceForge.
Features New for Synch 3
- Supports CD/DVD RW drives, including verify.
- Threads rather than idle-loop operation provides better performance.
- Substitution allows easy redirection of drives and network paths.
- Options to remove empty directories after files are deleted.
- Options to provide handling of files with no extensions.
- Sizes and positions of windows and column widths of lists are saved and restored.
The Main Window
Pairs Window
- Remove removes files from the list without disturbing the files.
- Details displays the details dialog for the selected file.
- Confirm All performs all the operations in the list.
- Do Some performs the selected operations in the list.
- Delete allows deleting one or more source files.
- Save stores the pair and updates the window title.
- 2=>1, 1=>2 scans for files between the paths in either direction.
This program and its predecessors have been the mainstay of my file backup strategy for 20 years. But recently I no longer use it for backups. With the advent of DVD writers and cheap DVD media, it no longer makes sense to re-write CD or DVD media for backups. When one goes to the trouble of writing 4GB of backup files to a disk, one does not want to risk some error on a later re-write causing previous files being corrupted. I now backup to DVD-+R media with a traditional DVD writer program [Roxio CD Classic].
I do use Synch to sychronize files between folders and between folders on different computers.
I hope you find it as useful as I do.