Dull as fuck PC tech Q. Utterly non-bike related in any way.

Posted on Sun 13th, April 2008

• #1

Richard_Cheese

Sorry to post on here regarding a non-bike thing, but none of my friends/enemies/family etc. know anything about computers, and some of you lot probably do.

I need instruction on how to sync the files on my PC/laptop/USB pen so that when I put the USB pen into the laptop/PC the files that have been altered most recently on one drive will automatically (or at the press of a button) overwrite the ones on the other drive.
Is this a possibility? I already do this by hand and its a drag; I'm usually working on a handful of documents at any given time - on my USB if i'm using a PC somewhere, on my laptop if I've got it and I'm not at home and on my PC if I'm at home, so I can have a file on each with the same name but it could easily be a different version on each, which gets annoying.

Anyone know how to do this? (all my stuff like OS and software is MS by the way)
• #2

clefty

try this http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-sync-files-between-pc-and-usb-thumb-drive/
I've used it on firewire drives and its pretty lightweight and simple to use.
• #3

Richard_Cheese

Clefty that appears to be exactly what I'm after - thanks very much!
• #4

chris_crash

get a mac, they do it for you and look good at the same time
• #5

Richard_Cheese

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• #6

clefty

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