Problems with SyncToy on XP

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Can anyone help me here - I use SyncToy to back up my laptop to an external hard drive, but I've found that it doesnt cope too well with copying folder changes made on the laptop over to the external drive....

for example, I have 3 folders

Folder A
Folder B
Folder C

and set it to back them up, which it does.....

then if I decide I want to rename my folders so that they appear in explorer in sequence order, I change them to

01 Folder A
02 Folder B
03 Folder C

and re-run the backups..... yet SyncToy's version of the root folder has

01 Folder A
02 Folder B
03 Folder C
Folder A
Folder B
Folder C

(the latter 3 are empty and have nothing in them)

I've tried this on synchronise and echo mode but I'm getting the same results on each - all I want is essentially a mirror of my current laptop drive taking across to the external each time I run the backup

The description of echo and synchronise are:

Synchronize: New and updated files are copied both ways. Renames and deletes on either side are repeated on the other.
Echo: New and updated files are copied left to right. Renames and deletes on the left are repeated on the right.

anyone help? or recommend another free and simple to use backup utility for XP
 
I to use Synctoy on XP and I think I set it to contribute so it doesn't change anything in the back up file, just adds new files - I think. There is a help file with a very clear description of what each of the methods does.

They are a bit complicated to read but I'm sure one of the other options will do what you want.

I guess the reason you are seeing your files as above is something to do with the setting you ahve chosen.

HTH

David
 
What have you told synctoy to backup? The individual folders or the parent folder?
 
I noticed this too on vista. Strange. For me it's a little annoying, but as long as it is not repeating the contents of the folders then it's not too much of an issue. Afterall, how much space can an empty folder take up :shrug:
 
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