Mirroring files and folders

[John]

Hi

My pc has two hard drives. Is it possible to selectively mirror
files/folders to the second drive in case one drive packs up? I don't want
to mirror whole drives just some files and folders.

Thanks

Regards

 

[peter]

Take a look at Acronis True Image.........
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

For the price of a good backup program you can get a program that does it
all...image...clone...backup....bootable.
And Imaging the HD would be the way to go.If Your main HD where the OS is
installed fails how long would it take you to rebuild it all???........with
Acronis pull the old drive install the cloned drive and your up and
running.
OR using the Acronis startup disk restore the saved image of that partiton
to its original place.
peter

 

[Rock]

Hi

My pc has two hard drives. Is it possible to selectively mirror
files/folders to the second drive in case one drive packs up? I don't want
to mirror whole drives just some files and folders.

A traditional backup program is one option. Also take a look at MS Sync
Toy.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx

Another option might be Second Copy: http://www.centered.com/

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

My pc has two hard drives. Is it possible to selectively mirror
files/folders to the second drive in case one drive packs up? I don't
want to mirror whole drives just some files and folders.

Although there are software solutions to do the kind of thing you suggest, I
*strongly* that you reconsider that idea and do *not* do this.

Backup to a second non-removable hard drive is better than no backup at
all, but just barely. The problem is that it leaves you susceptible to
simultaneous loss of the original and backup to many of the most common
dangers: severe power glitches, nearby lightning strikes, virus attacks,
even theft of the computer.

If your data is important to you, it should backed up to removable media.
That backup should *not* be stored within the computer.