So, I’ve copied all my files from my external hard drive to another one as a backup.. so when I’m adding loads of different files to my normal one, how do I know which ones I’ve already transferred or is there a software that will copy them
Over for me say once a week or something because I’ve completely lost track?
thanks for any help
Nick
You can download and install any various backup software. They're designed differently but generally have similar methods. They can be set up to automatically back up your files in various ways...
- All files or new and recently changed files only
- Automatically as soon as a file had changed
- Automatically on a pre-set day and time
- Manually whenever you want
Depending on the backup application software's design. The automatically backup on pre-set day and time, can vary to suit your needs, such as...
- Every 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes
- Every hour, every two hours, 6 hours, 12 hours
- Every day at same time, every two days, every 7 days
For example...
My
Workflow folder which contains my current work, files that I am working on, which are saved every time I add more text, paragraph, make changes to an image file, graphic design file, etc. It is set to backup
every half hour.
My
User folder, where Windows tend to keep
Documents, Pictures, etc, would have files changed only once a day, or every few days. So they get backed up
every 6 hours.
My
Archives folder which is where I store finished files, including photographs,
gets manually backed up when I know I've completed a project and transfer the file from
Workflow folder to
Archives folder.
And they all are set to backup only new and recently changed files to save time, otherwise if set to backup all files, you could be waiting a while for the backup software to complete backing up files that had not even changed and are still the same files.