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Question

Can i do real-time backups to several devices?

Apr 26, 2011 6:51AM PDT

I have a desktop computer with Windows ME. I also have a laptop computer with Windows XP. I have two external hard-drives; one a Western Digital and one a Lacie. I also have several memory sticks that get assigned a drive letter when i plug them in. What i want to do is to be able to work on my files and folders that are on my desktop computer and make changes or additions or delete certain things while at the same time this would also be going on with all of my other devices at the same time. Is there any software or backup program that does this? (In essence i want one computer to be the master and the others to be slaves.) Can i set this up also so that i can assign any one of these devices to be the master and the rest the slaves? - As is, with all of these devices i'm tired of double-checking everything all the time. It's a giant headache and always a task.

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Can or how to?
Apr 26, 2011 6:55AM PDT

Of course you can do this. How to do this is something of a bigger problem.

All skill levels show up here. You may be a programmer or are on dial up and can't look to see if there's an app for this.

While I use SYNCBACK I didn't check to see if it still works on this OS. But it is a nice tool.

Be sure to google "backup in real time."
Bob

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Thanks
Apr 27, 2011 6:56AM PDT

I'm finding out there are a lots and lots of choices to do this. Your suggestion for the Google search was a good idea and something i should have tried first. I forgot to mention that i want something very very basic and easy to set up. And all i want to be able to do is to type text into a file and at the same time this would be happening in all of my other backup devices. Then, however i arrange it or rearrange it, i want this too to be happening in all of my other devices. To me this is just a much easier way to do backups and the way i want to do them. I just have to turn everything on and have everything plugged in, to do it this way. I'm still not sure if something exactly like this exists?

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Still like sync back.
Apr 27, 2011 8:35AM PDT

You'll find it's not hard to set up and set a schedule. I've yet to find anything as easy. It may or may not hit all your requirements.
Bob

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Thanks for your help
Apr 28, 2011 3:13AM PDT

Much appreicated. I'll delve into it and give SyncBack a really good try. - Tom