Backing up/merging files

[Guest]

OK, so I'm new to backing up files on Windows. (XP SP2)

My music program (iTunes) automatically sends purchased/newly copied songs
into a library file. I backed it up once on an external 160-gig hard drive
but want to add the new songs.

How can I do that without copying the whole library -- duplicates of the
songs I've already backed -- to the ext. hard drive?

 

[Gene K]

Look at SyncBackSE: http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/sbse-features.html
..

 

[Nepatsfan]

(e-mail address removed),

OK, so I'm new to backing up files on Windows. (XP SP2)

My music program (iTunes) automatically sends
purchased/newly copied songs into a library file. I backed
it up once on an external 160-gig hard drive but want to add
the new songs.

How can I do that without copying the whole library --
duplicates of the songs I've already backed -- to the ext.
hard drive?

You might want to take a look at this free program from
Microsoft.

SyncToy for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx

Download SyncToy v1.0 for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...54-C975-4814-9649-CCE41AF06EB7&displaylang=en

Synchronizing Images and Files in Windows XP

Using Microsoft SyncToy for Windows XP
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...-4ac9-a43e-90e4d4ff36f6/SyncToyWhitePaper.doc

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Guest]

Thanks to both of you. I think I'll try out the freebies from Microsoft since
its a Windows issue.

 

[PopS]

NTBackup, part of windows XP, will do exactly that.

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[Guest]

Okay. Now I'm searching for NTBackup, because I need to do this same thing.
Any tips on where/how to get to NTBackup?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Okay. Now I'm searching for NTBackup, because I need to do this same
thing. Any tips on where/how to get to NTBackup?

Backup is installed automatically on XP Professional, but not on XP Home. If
you have the complete XP Home CD, find backup on the CD, in
\ValueAdd\MSFT\NTBACKUP and install it yourself by doubleclicking the file
ntbackup.msi.

If you don't have an XP CD, you can download ntbackup.msi at
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi

Also see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302894