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I want to synchronise two folders in real time under Windows 7.
Basically, I want to monitor a folder and synchronise each change (new files, changed files, deleted files) to another drive. It has to be in real time, so it gets synchronised instantly when a change happens. A one-direction synchronisation is enough.
I tried Microsoft's SyncToy, but it does only syncing by hand or scheduled (thus not satisfying the "real-time" requirement).
Can this be achieved with Windows 7 itself? If not, are there other methods of doing this?
I just started using allwaysync - works like a charm – Hugo Forte – 2014-09-16T13:32:14.347
1The nice thing about using a pure windows solution is that the windows api has events you can hook into to get an event the moment something changes, which is much less error prone than scanning files/directories like some open source tools do. – Kelly Elton – 2015-03-26T17:06:05.450
Never tried this software but looks promising. http://www.techsoftpl.com/backup/index.php
– Moab – 2015-12-30T21:33:43.553Instead of syncing folders, you may just need to create a symbolic link using the built-in MKLINK command. It makes files and folders appear to be in two places at once even though it's really only in one place. – ChaimG – 2016-06-10T13:30:05.460
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Related question: http://superuser.com/questions/349/how-can-i-keep-folders-synchronized-between-several-machines-over-my-home-networ
– koppor – 2012-12-07T10:07:14.777