Hi Laurence;
I have used Karen Kenworthy's Replicator for years on my two hard drive
computers as well as networked computers and it works very well;
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp
However, I have never used it on an external drive, so I can't comment on
its efficacy under that situation.
Bill Lee
----- Original Message -----
From: "laurence grignolo" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 11:16 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] slow back up by drag and drop to external hard drive
> PCSOFT Digest - 26 Oct 2007 to 27 Oct 2007 (#2007-255)I have an external
> hard drive and on a regular basis I try to backup photos and documents
> from my pc. I do this by opening the external hard drive window and
> dragging/dropping my "photos" and "documents" folders into the external
> hard drive window. This means all the photos and documents are copied
> again, not just the new ones and this is very time consuming since they
> are large folder.
> Is there any way to just copy the new files that have not yet been backed
> up so the process is abbreviated?
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> Laurence Grignolo
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