Syncback Backup Tool
Backing up your work is essential. And yet, so often it's treated as a peripheral task, something that can be done later. I've been the victim of a system crash (several times, in fact), and it is when this happens that one starts to see the light concerning backing up your files and folders.
At one stage of my life I religiously used a Packard Bell PDA, which came with a sync station, which enabled synchronization between the PDA and my notebook (laptop) by simply plugging the sync station in with the PDA inserted into it. This came in extremely handy, and led me to search for a similar system to use between my notebook and our main network computer. Of course, it has to be free.
After installing one that seemed quite usable, I came across another one that met exactly my needs! It was like walking into KFC and getting two Sweet Chilli Twisters for the price of one (you have to be South African to understand the meaning of that). It's called Syncback, is brought to you by 2brightsparks.com, and can be found here. It has numerous settings, either for sync-ing or backup purposes. The first run I made with it was as a backup, and thereafter I changed the configuration to synchronization. You have the option of specifying different folders for backups between two linked machines, which is really sweet. Flexible and free, two of the most beautiful words when it comes to software, and Syncback gives you both. Of course, there is an upgrade version available, but the free version is more than sufficient for simple synchronization or backups.
