So after my last post I had pretty much given on the Windows 7 backup. But then for some reason I got the suspicion that the hard drive I was using might be faulty. So anyway, I did a full scan disk and it did in fact find some bad sectors on the disk.

So I switched to another external disk and tried the whole thing all over again.. and it worked! Well, almost. For some reason it still kept complaining about a non-existant directory, C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\Web Development

Anyway this site gave me an obvious but useful solution: just create the empty folder it’s looking for! So I did and now it works properly without complaining. It’s still not my only backup, but it’s good to know I at least have it in case I need it.

I thought AllWaySync (previous post) was great, but after some use I was told my usage patterns are too high & that I needed to buy a pro license.. screw that!

So I went on another hunt and found something whch I’m starting to like even more:  DirSyncPro. Don’t let the “Pro” fool you, it’s 100% open source goodness. My only real gripe with it is that it’s Java and therefore a little slower, but really when you only use it occasionally you can look past that. It’s totally customisable like all good power user software should be.

Anyway, I love it and you should too. Cheers guys

After a few years of using the primitive XCOPY command, I was looking for a good, free, folder sync program to handle my backups for me.

I’ve found one, it is called Allway Sync, and can be found here: http://allwaysync.com/

Interfaces that use their own colour schemes other than the OS default always annoy me (because they always look hiedeous) but other than that this program is really great – look into it.