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Need a reliable replacement to Microsoft SyncToy 2.1

Sun Aug 26, 2012 2:59 am

Does anyone know of a replacement to this program? For some reason I seem to have found a bug in the 32 and 64bit edition where it doesn't seem to perfectly clone the files the way it should be.
I've tested multiple times and can re-create it consistently.

I want something which I can set up multiple pairs of folders to sync which I can then set Windows task scheduler to run the job from time to to time. I specifically use the echo function which is basically should be just making a precise copy of a folder from one directory to another location.

Can anyone recommend anything? I'd prefer graphical based (not robocopy)
It specifically needs to DELETE any files in the destination directory which aren't on the source directory (which Sync Toy seems to have a problem with)

Anyone?
 
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Re: Need a reliable replacement to Microsoft SyncToy 2.1

Sun Aug 26, 2012 3:10 am

Robocopy?
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Re: Need a reliable replacement to Microsoft SyncToy 2.1

Sun Aug 26, 2012 3:38 am

AbRASiON wrote:

Can anyone recommend anything? I'd prefer graphical based (not robocopy)



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Re: Need a reliable replacement to Microsoft SyncToy 2.1

Sun Aug 26, 2012 3:51 am

http://i.imgur.com/Ajxp4.png (Yes, this seems to consistently screw up - I suspect it's not deleting ALL files from the destination directory before initiating.)
 
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Re: Need a reliable replacement to Microsoft SyncToy 2.1

Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:35 am

I've been using Super Flexible FIle Synchronizer (PC+mac) for a few years and I find it useful and very flexible. (no pun intended)

http://www.superflexible.com/

I personally use it to do daily incremental backups with the built in scheduler and sync folders between my workstation and my server.
 
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Re: Need a reliable replacement to Microsoft SyncToy 2.1

Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:57 am

Hmmmm costs money :/ I have a tendency of only paying for open source software (donations) also they are charging a heck of an amount for a sync tool.
Thanks though.
 
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Re: Need a reliable replacement to Microsoft SyncToy 2.1

Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:40 am

http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html

Syncback works great for me. It's free too.
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Re: Need a reliable replacement to Microsoft SyncToy 2.1

Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:43 am

Syncrify is free for personal use and uses the rsync algorithms over http, so it's good for large files that are changed fairly frequently. Requires Java.
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Re: Need a reliable replacement to Microsoft SyncToy 2.1

Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:22 am

 
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Re: Need a reliable replacement to Microsoft SyncToy 2.1

Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:44 am

Have you tested on multiple systems? Corrupted copies aren't necessarily a sign of a software bug; it could also be due to flaky RAM or NIC.
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