Regular backups of a directory

[sj33]

I have about 40GB of Mp3's, and I wish to backup this directory to external HDD on a regular basis (say, weekly). However, rather than copy the entire directory to external HDD every week (which is a time consuming process), is there some way I can keep the 2 directories in sync and only backup the changes? Is there an application that can do this?

[kernow]

rsync over a scheduled task

just get a version of rsync for windows, it'll do exactly what you want.

I use rsync on a cron job, on linux, to do the same thing.

[charlesr]

There's a sync built into windows explorer, although I've not tried it. It might only work over a network.

[sj33]

I'll give those suggestions a try, thanks. Going for ease of use mainly, because of my HDD's go down, that's the stuff which will be the most time consumong to recover!

[kernow]

rsync -avz --delete /mnt/data /mnt/data2

man, everything is so much more complex in windows.

[in5ane]

Or just use the ever so easy to use windows SyncToy - free download from the Microsoft site! There's lots of options as well in how you sync.

I use it to keep all my computers up to date with photos, mp3s etc loaded on to my home server, just to keep things backed up in lots of locations.

[sj33]

Funny you mention that, I've just been recommended it elsewhere - will give it a go!