sync to external drive

[Gary J. Kirkpatrick]

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Xen <list at xenhideout.nl> wrote:

> Karl Auer schreef op 15-11-2017 12:47:
>
>> On Wed, 2017-11-15 at 08:38 +0100, Gary J. Kirkpatrick wrote:
>>
>>> I am looking for a gui program that syncs pc to an external drive,
>>> USB or card reader.
>>>
>>
>> What do you want your GUI to do, exactly? What controls do you expect
>> from it?
>>
>
> Just use freefilesync I would say.
>
> I assume you do not want a complete backup of your system, only data files?
>
> Regards.
>
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Thanks for the replies.  What I am looking for is to back up some data
files (images of my artwork- they are synced with Dropbox but I also want a
local copy).  So what I would like is each time I make a change on my hard
drive the change would be reflected on the backup medium (I want to use the
sd card).

I am under the impression that a backup tool would not remove a file from a
back up device even if it is removed from the hard drive so I used the term
'sync.'  Am I correct in this?  Cloud servers sync but backup tools do not?

thanks


garyk
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