SyncBack is one of the backup programs available for Microsoft Windows.

You can use the SyncBack family of products to backup, synchronize, and restore data files.

The SyncBackFree version should be enough for easily mirroring directories, or groups of directory to an external disk, but you can compare the features available in SyncBackPro, SyncBackSE and SyncBackFree: summary comparison and full comparison

1. Download SyncBackFree
2. Install SyncBackFree. At the end of the installation process, you may want to subscribe to the mailing list (you will receive from time to time codes to upgrade to another version of Syncback at a reduced price)
3. Launch SyncBackFree. You can find it in Start→ 2BrighSparks → SyncBackFree

We show below the step by step configuration of a basic mirroring backup:

• Copy all the files of the source directory to the destination directory. All the files are copied on the first run, only the new/changed files are copied on subsequent runs.
• Warning! if a file is not on the source anymore, mirroring will automatically remove it from the destination! The idea is that the destination should be an exact copy of the source! If that's not what you want, check the backup (rather than mirror) options.

Do not be frightened by all the steps and the screendumps! There are lots of available options in this point-and-click interface, and it is easier to use images to explain what needs to be done

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