Thread: Archive personal data

Protect your data with the easy-to-use tool GoodSync. After installing it, you can define any number of jobs that can be executed independently. GoodSync allows you to define multiple source and destination folders as well as the directions that data will be synchronized in. This means that you can make sure that two folders are always exact copies of each other, or ensure that only the other (to protect files in your backup location from being overwritten with older versions). You use the program to sync or backup to external drives, network locations. or even remote FTP servers. Additionally, you can create filters so that only certain file types in a folder are synced. not the entire folder.

Enter a name like "My Personal Data" for the backup job and select the two folder locations in the left and right panes of the main interface window. It is best to use a network location or an external hard drive to further protect your backups. You can use the 'Analyze' button to quickly determine whether the files in the two locations are actually different, and then use the 'Sync' button to qUickly update older versions.



For more advanced settings such as filters. click 'Job I Options ...' and examine the options available to see what suits you. You can even set up a further layer of protection by ensuring that files that are deleted from your source location aren't deleted in the backup location as well (or are moved to a separate "deleted files" area so that you can choose to restore them later.

GoodSync also allow you to schedule your backups and trigger them on certain events (such as inserting a removable drive). Activate the options itl the 'Auto' section of each job's Options dialog box. With one click, you can ensure synchronization occurs each time you log off from your user profile, which is a part of the process of shutting down. If this is not convenient for you, you can use Windows' built in Task Scheduler to specify a particular time, such as in the middle of the night when your' PC is idle, for backups to be created.