Re: SyncToy has the capability of destroying your data!

it's quite simple.....

say that you are syncing identical folders
between to machines. then on one machine,
say the laptop, the file sizes were reduced to
zero bytes. But you were not aware of this
and you sync those zero bytes over to the
folder on the other machine. Well, you
would then find yourself with 2 folders
on 2 machines with a multitude of files
that are zero bytes.....

quite simply, why put all your eggs
in one basket when there's plenty of
room in another...


"Dave-BDV" <DaveBDV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 10/22/06, DatabaseBen said in part (more complete quote below):
"(SyncToy)
has the capability of destroying your data under certain and obscure
conditions"

Well I have been using SyncToy for some time now to sync files between my
3
systems not knowing about this potential. I know this is called a "toy"
but... it's such a great program as compared to LapLink I would like to
continue to use it. I understand the workaround stated below, but that
won't
work for me because of disk space and workflow issues. My workflow is I
modify most files on system A, and back them up on system B on the 1st of
the
month and to system C on the 15th. Sometimes I modify the files on system
B
or C and I want them to make it back to system A too. These are not just
photos it's just about everything in 'My Documents'
So could someone tell me - should I be using a different program? Or maybe
DatabaseBen can tell me about when or how the "certain and obscure
conditions" happen so I can avoid them.

Thanks in advance for the help and suggestions!

More complete quote:
"the syncing tool is great as you have recently found out.
however, it also has the capability of destroying your
data under certain and obscure conditions.

If you make backups frequently, then you have some
protection. But I would suggest to use your main pc
as a storage device for those laptop files you can
to maintain on both sides.

Please consider simply making
a special folder on your pc for those laptop files. And
make a special folder on your laptop for those pc
files you want to sync.

You can create synchronization
for these. It may sound like duplication. But it is better
to be safe and have usable copies than to discover later
on that you have none...."


--
\Dave



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