backing up external hard drives, 5-6 of them

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May 3rd, 2020 3:08 pm

riseagainstthemachine [OP]: Deal Addict; May 23, 2017; 3584 posts; 2575 upvotes; toronto

May 3rd, 2020 3:08 pm

backing up external hard drives, 5-6 of them

I am saving family videos and photos to one main external hard drive. I have about 5-6 others externals that I want to keep synced and backed up but I do not want to go through the trouble of remembering what I need to transfer to each hard drive

Is there any software that I can just use to hook up one drive at a time and update them as clones of the main backup?

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May 3rd, 2020 5:10 pm

Dave98: Deal Fanatic; Sep 10, 2005; 5061 posts; 2522 upvotes; GTA

May 3rd, 2020 5:10 pm

Maybe something like rsync or for something a little simpler with a GUI then take a look at FreeFileSync

May 3rd, 2020 5:33 pm

sexyj: Deal Guru; Feb 10, 2007; 12879 posts; 4097 upvotes

May 3rd, 2020 5:33 pm

free filesync

setup a task to automatically sync when the drive is plugged in

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May 3rd, 2020 5:45 pm

Sorcerer: Deal Addict; Aug 21, 2009; 2369 posts; 1545 upvotes; North Vancouver

May 3rd, 2020 5:45 pm

I've always had a hassle with synching software so I gave up and instead use WinMerge to quickly compare folders and subfolders across multiple drives. Saves me a tonne of time and works great, I highly recommend it. https://winmerge.org/?lang=en

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May 4th, 2020 1:18 am

FrostyWinnipeg: Deal Addict; Nov 25, 2009; 2760 posts; 1569 upvotes; Winnipeg

May 4th, 2020 1:18 am

riseagainstthemachine wrote: ↑ I am saving family videos and photos to one main external hard drive. I have about 5-6 others externals that I want to keep synced and backed up but I do not want to go through the trouble of remembering what I need to transfer to each hard drive

Don't forget to backup to Google Photos

May 4th, 2020 1:17 pm

riseagainstthemachine [OP]: Deal Addict; May 23, 2017; 3584 posts; 2575 upvotes; toronto

May 4th, 2020 1:17 pm

Sorcerer wrote: ↑ I've always had a hassle with synching software so I gave up and instead use WinMerge to quickly compare folders and subfolders across multiple drives. Saves me a tonne of time and works great, I highly recommend it. https://winmerge.org/?lang=en

this is exactly what I am looking for. I will give it a shot!

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