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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
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We want to do a mirroring backup:
Do not be frightened by the step by step configuration and the screenshots below! There are lots of available options in the SyncBack point-and-click interface, and it is easier to use images to explain what needs to be done
It can be useful to use some filters to disable some of what SyncBack would try to backup otherwise:
Notes:
\string
(string
will be searched in the root of the source directory) or *\string
(there can be subdirectories between the source directory and string
)
This is NOT_C:\Users\your_login
, assuming that you have followed the instructions in Configuring folders to create a Home folder distinct from your default Windows home folder on C:\
Default Windows folder: C:\Users\your_login
*\AppData\Local\Packages\Canonical*Ubuntu*\
*\AppData\Local\Packages\
*\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\*Cache\
*\AppData\Local\Microsoft*\
*\AppData\Local\WebEx\
, *\AppData\Local\GoToMeeting\
*\ntuser*
, *\NTUSER*
, *\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Current*
*\AppData\Local\Comms\
, *\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\
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