synctoy

For the last 3 years I've been successfully copying all my data including Outlook.pst file from my Win 7 desktop to my XP laptop. The data is transferred from PC to laptop by Synctoy 2.1 which is really quick and easy and of course only adds, deletes or overwrites new or modified files. The...

Hello All, A problem has recently arisen on my work laptop. I have been using it for a solid 8 months with no issues, about 2300 hours of use. As soon as we install a new router, i have frequent network disconnects. However, i also installed a few windows updates the same morning. ALL network...

I have a desktop running Win7 64 bit Professional, and a laptop with Win 7 32bit Ultimate. They are hooked up to a router (laptop wirelessly, desktop by LAN cable). Problem is, when I share folders on either, the other says "You do not have permission to access". I have modified the share...

I have Win 7 Home Premium SP1. For the past year and a half, I've been using the Win 7 backup about once a month without any problems. My hard drive is partitioned into drives C and D, and I back up onto an external hard disk, which appears as Drive I when connected. (The external hard disk is...

I think this is a Win7 problem, because I got it to work on XP and I haven't on 7. Windows 7 Pro (32 bit) SyncToy downloaded from MS (32 bit) I configured it the same as I had it on the XP system, created folder pairs and ran them from the SyncToy GUI. I added a scheduled task which I think is...

I recently replaced a Freeagent Pro with a Goflex Desk. Both the new and old drives were permanently assigned drive letter H and the new drive fitted in seamlessly about a week ago. The old drive is not used My Synctoy backups (run via Task Scheduler) all worked fine daily from 28th July...

What is the difference between MS Windows 7 Backup and MS Synctoy? I am using Windows 7 Backup and only back up the four Libraries and some additional locations off of the C: drive totalling about 45 GB and Windows7 Backup now requires 151 GB of disk space on my external hard drive which only...

I was using an XP laptop to manage two external hard drives (a 500GB primary backup and a 1TB secondary backup) using SyncToy 2.1 (action: Echo). I have now got a new laptop running Windows 7 64-bit and will be giving away the old one soon. How do I migrate the management of the two external...

I have an interesting situation that I need some help with. A friend of mine who lives in Alaska has a Vista system with a 320g hd and also has two 160g hd's from his old system. I suggested that he install one of the 160's inside his new machine and get an USB or Esata external case for the...

Link Removed - Invalid URL Microsoft has provided a new PowerToy application SyncToy 2.1. It is a free application that will synchronize your files and folders among several locations. What kind of synchronization? Typically this will include sharing operations, such as photos or documents...

Hi there, I'm new to this forum so apologies if this has been covered. I recently installed W7 on my ACER Aspire One netbook and overall am very happy with it. The one issue I seem to have is when using either Live Mesh or SyncToy 2.0 to sync files with my Vista desktop. Installation is ok...