I Need Your Help. What’s The Best Way To Sync Folders Between PCs?

Everton | Jun 24, 2007 | View Comments


I have a problem that I’m hoping a reader might be able to help me with. I now have a dedicated Home Theatre PC which is connected up to my plasma TV and home cinema system. I also have my main PC which holds all my music, DVDs, photos and videos.

Because I use the HTPC mainly to listen to music and to watch TV, I’ve decided to keep a complete copy of my music collection on the HTPC, so that if that I only have to switch the main PC on when I want to watch a DVD.

The problem I have is that I use my main PC to manage my music collection, so I need a fast way to sync any changes between the folders that contain my music on the two PCs e.g if I add a new album to the main PC or fix some tags or create a new playlist, I can somehow automatically sync that new album/update to the music folder on the HTPC.

I haven’t been able to find a good sync program – can anyone recommend one that works well? Or, maybe a way to sync folders using Vista?


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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University.He also writes for Windows 7 News, Windows 8 News and One Tip A Day.

  • @Zath

    It wouldn't install - could be a x64 Vista problem
  • I've not looked into syncing folders for a year or two now, but I used Synctoy at the time and worked - admittedly it was a fairly simple set up at the time.

    What kind of problems were you encountering with Synctoy?
  • Hi, Everton

    How is synctoy and foldershare ?


    Couldn't get them to work - might try again at the weekend.

    PS Can you please use a real name in your comments

  • Hi, Everton


    How is synctoy and foldershare ?

  • I had no joy with synctoy and foldershare, but will try lala.com and robocopy.

    thanks!
  • I could suggest some useful ways, if this would be a domain environment :)
  • Chris Hall
    SyncToy ?
  • Lala.com should solve your problem effectively.
  • Use robocopy. You can script it to run on schedules. Alternatively use sync toy from MS
  • I was going to mention Foldershare as well. Somebody beat me to the punch. Unfortunately I've never used, so I can't help you with why it might not be working.
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