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Similar to the OSX request but for windows 8. I've got two NFTS formatted Seagate Backup Plus Slim 1TB drives. I'd like one to mirror the other, and for the software to recognise incremental changes. I'd also like a nice GUI, but a lower price/free would be preferable.
Any recommendations?
You don't mention that it must be free. I would highly recommend paying US $19.99 for a personal version of Bvckup 2. I did, and I have never regretted it.
I did a lot of research before choosing it, and what convinced me was partly that it supports VSS, so that it can synch files which are in use, and, especially, the speed, it wins every test because it uses delta copying:
Reduce the amount of data being moved around by copying modified parts of files only. This speeds things up, in many cases dramatically.
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There is a 5 start review of it at PC World.
If you don't want to spend, or just want to try it out, the last beta, which is quite recent, is available here.
If you still don't like Bvckup2, then I can highly recommend FreeFileSynch, which I previously used. See my long answers to this SR question, and this one and this one too.
To save you the trouble of clicking those links, here is the feature list:
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 Supported Operating Systems Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows FreeFileSync runs natively on all 32 and 64-bit Windows versions: Windows 10 Windows 8.1 Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2000
The program which I use for such operations is GoodSync.
A typical "job" setup:
It has some more useful features such as integration with less usual sources like Amazon S3, Google Drive/Dropbox/One Drive, FTP, Azure, and it also has its own "Connect" feature, which you can use to sync between two computers not nessecarily connected to the same local network.
After James pointed me to Robocopy, I was lead to SyncToy.
It's an application by Microsoft that creates rules to sync, duplicate and new files to be added to a folder.
P.S Thanks to everyone who replied to this thread, and thank you Nadav for your suggestion. I'll keep it in mind!
