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1407760 2015-09-02 00:33:00 C: drive has a folder of 175G of youtube downloads that are being added to all the time. I have copied this Folder onto D: for security.

As I add to the C: folder, can I automatically also copy the update to D:? If so, how do I do that?
Bryan (147)
1407761 2015-09-02 00:52:00 C: drive has a folder of 175G of youtube downloads that are being added to all the time. I have copied this Folder onto D: for security.

As I add to the C: folder, can I automatically also copy the update to D:? If so, how do I do that?

Is the D: an internal or external USB drive.
Copying to another internal drive is not security, allways copy to an external HD, & unplug it when not in use.

You will need a syncing program , then set it to sync every day, or every few hours.
Im sure there are better programs, but these are 2 Ive used
www.2brightsparks.com
or cobian backup
1101 (13337)
1407762 2015-09-02 02:55:00 Write a robocopy script then when it's working how you want schedule a regular task to do it, that's how I back up my NAS.

You can use notepad and save it as a backup.bat file or similar.
I could give better instructions from home but don't have it handy right now. Something like Robocopy C:\UserFolder D:\FolderBackup /MIR would get you started.
I had to add switches to skip system files and some other things but that might be enough in your case.

To schedule it, hit start, type schedule, click the task scheduler result, click the option to create a simple task, easy enough to figure out from there.
dugimodo (138)
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