I'm looking for a Windows software that synchronizes files between different drives but analysing for existing files so it doesn't need to copy the file again.
Is there a software that analyses the chosen directory and if the source file is already in the destination directory but in a different path it simply moves the file to the correct directory (in the destination drive) and not copy from source drive to the destination drive?
You could use AllWay Sync
It's free for personal use, and it compares 2 folders to achieve sync. You can start a compare job anytime, or schedule it as you wish.
It doesn't "move" the file if it simply changed location, but this looks like an impossible task, you would have to compare all file of the first folder to all the files of the second one...
I did a similar search a few weeks ago (G.I.Y.F) and came up with http://www.freefilesync.org/
It is super efficient and will keep two directories in absolute synch, whether local or networked.
Key Features
Detect moved and renamed files and folders Copy locked files (Volume Shadow Copy Service) Detect conflicts and propagate deletions Binary file comparison Configure handling of Symbolic Links Automate sync as a batch job Process multiple folder pairs Comprehensive and detailed error reporting Copy NTFS extended attributes (compressed, encrypted, sparse) Copy NTFS security permissions Support long file paths with more than 260 characters Fail-safe file copy Cross-platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X Expand environment variables like %USERPROFILE% Access variable drive letters by volume name (USB sticks) Native 64-bit support Keep versions of deleted/updated files Prevent disc space bottlenecks via optimal sync sequence Full Unicode support Highly optimized runtime performance Include/exclude files via filter FreeFileSync portable and local installation available Handle daylight saving time changes on FAT/FAT32 Use macros %time%, %date%, et al. for recurring backups Case-sensitive synchronization Built-in locking: serialize multiple jobs running against the same network share
rsync is available for Windows as cwRsync. Command line utility that can do pretty much anything you want in terms of syncing data between drives.
NOT the most intuitive thing to use, but it works great, and it's generally pretty quick, as it tries really hard to not move data it doesn't have to.
