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How to back up Documents with OneDrive, while also using another cloud service?
I use OneDrive for Business on Windows 11 and I want to back up the Documents folder on my harddrive to OneDrive.
In the OneDrive settings I go to "Sync and backup > Manage backup". Here, ...
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Upload files into GDrive then delete locally
Is there any settings in Gdrive windows Sync app, or any other third party app that allows auto uploading file to GDrive then delete the local file.
The idea behind the deleting is to protect the ...
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How do I find my OneNote notebooks so I can back them up before doing a complete system wipe?
Okay so there are many issues with this. I've worked mostly offline recently for OneNote, so nothing I synced to the web. I use the desktop app for the program. Under X account, when I try to log in ...
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Google backup and sync all files in a folder have check marks but some files are missing in drive
I created a folder on my computer beneath my google drive directory, and I placed 500 pictures and videos into it. Google backup and sync did it's thing, but when it was finished, not all the files ...
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Folder-sync strategy with robocopy and a token-file
I work on two machines that I cannot synchronize over the network so I use a flash memory.
To synchronize them I created a powershell script that backups my working folder to the flash drive so that ...
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Windows CLI alternative to robocopy and xcopy
I am looking for windows console-based tools similar to xcopy or robocopy. I have to send file into writable but not readable net share directory (unix privileges 333). Both tools are great however I ...
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One way sync with either Dropbox or Google drive on linux and windows
I could not google this one. I would like to use Dropbox or Google drive only as backup, so I would like to ensure I only upload to those services and never download (unless done manually via the web ...
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How to replicate changes to a folder to its mirror/image?
Say I have a folder with multiple files and subfolders and several backups of this folder.
Now I am planning to make many changes to the way this folder is organized: changing file locations, naming ...
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Accurate drive backup or file/folder synchronization that maintains metadata
Problem
What I need is a way of quickly and easily, but properly and completely backing up a memory-card to a flash-drive (see scenario below for details).
Research
Obviously there are plenty of ...
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Safe way of synchronising Dropbox with backup
I use Dropbox but also like to back up my files to an external hard drive. I am currently doing a one way sync from Dropbox to the external drive every hour. This is very inefficient as the ...
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Sync and Encrypt
My question is quite similar to this but the difference is that I want the sync application to encrypt the files before it puts them in the destination and also the destination is accessed by FTP. It'...
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Backup client for Windows: open source, rsync and VSS
I'm looking for a sync/backup client for Windows with:
Open source license (BSD/GPL)
rsync deltas to a remote rsync server
VSS support
Command line interface is preferred to a GUI.
The less of ...
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Best backup solution for multiple hard drives?
I've got many hard drives. However I cannot find a decent application to keep two partitions in sync (master-slave).
I've got:
2x 2TB
1x 500GB (USB/External/Portable)
1x 500GB (Boot, Win7)
1x 400GB (...
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Windows incremential copy files keeping all versions with datetime in filename
I need to track changes to folders with files like jpg or docx, and make a copy to another folder.
I need to make a copy of the file when it changes, keeping the filename and adding the current ...
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Does Unison socket mode support ipv6
I have been using Unison for quite some time now for synchronizing data between my machines, and I am very happy with it. Now I need to synchronize two new machines connected via ipv6, but they won't ...
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