Monday, March 04, 2013

Allway sync

The amount of data that we are storing is on the rise. A normal household owning a computer easily has a TB of data. You just add up the hard disks, USB sticks, DVDs and CDs. Loss of data can mean a great loss.

What is the easiest way to sync your data. Say for instance you want to sync your internal disk to an external USB hard disk.

Of the many software one I like is AllwaySync. Easy to use. Download and within minutes you are on the go.

Some pieces of advice.

1. Keep your hard disk organized. I mean decide a directory structure and maintain it. For instance you can have folders like the following that I have on my disk.

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I always like to begin with numbers. That way the organization is well and easy to understand. Alphabetical order is just a waste.

2. Keep the same structure on all your hard disks. So you need to thus create one plan

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3. Keep atleast sync to two USB disks. This way you keep three copies. One on your local hard drive, two external copies. Sync them say every Friday. Since they have the same structure, It is just a single click.

 

So next time there should be no way to lose data.

Happy Syncing.