Flash Drive ?

charlene0706 · 01-24-2008, 08:46 PM

Let's see if I can explain what I want:
I have a USB 2.0 Flash Drive that I want to hold my picture files on. I was wondering if there was a way that when I add/update/rename/etc my pictures on my computer it will do the same on the flash drive. Pretty much I want to mirror my picture folder on my computer with the flash drive.
I am running Windows Vista

albo1000 · 01-25-2008, 01:33 AM

i think you can use 'briefcase" to do that or Vista Sync Center. If they dont work for you theres always the good old copy and paste.

sniperchang · 01-25-2008, 01:37 AM

You could make a batch file that will copy/update your folders. General info. Have a look on the net, they're not difficult to do. All you need is notepad, and a few lines of commands, rename the file with extention .bat and voilà. You can do all sorts of things with batch programs!

Vista has a command called Robocopy which will be perfect for your situation.

EDIT: Here I wrote this, it will do the trick:

@ECHO OFF
ROBOCOPY "C:\...(folder path to be copied)" "(destination folder/Path to your jump drive)" *.* /E /ETA /MIR
EXIT

Just replace what's in "" (leave the "" in). The *.* means it will copy any files in the source folder, the /E is to include subfolders, /ETA is just an option so that the output window will show an estimate of the time to complete the files, /MIR means it will mirror the destination folder to the source folder, that means it will also delete the files that was removed from the source file. You can erase any of those options if you don't want em. Just copy those lines in notepad, and rename with extension .bat. You can select "all file type" when you use save as, and add .bat or you can rename with .bat (if you have the view extension folder options on).

INTELCRAZY · 01-25-2008, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sniperchang

You could make a batch file that will copy/update your folders. General info. Have a look on the net, they're not difficult to do. All you need is notepad, and a few lines of commands, rename the file with extention .bat and voilà. You can do all sorts of things with batch programs!

Vista has a command called Robocopy which will be perfect for your situation.

EDIT: Here I wrote this, it will do the trick:

@ECHO OFF
ROBOCOPY "C:\...(folder path to be copied)" "(destination folder/Path to your jump drive)" *.* /E /ETA /MIR
EXIT

Just replace what's in "" (leave the "" in). The *.* means it will copy any files in the source folder, the /E is to include subfolders, /ETA is just an option so that the output window will show an estimate of the time to complete the files, /MIR means it will mirror the destination folder to the source folder, that means it will also delete the files that was removed from the source file. You can erase any of those options if you don't want em. Just copy those lines in notepad, and rename with extension .bat. You can select "all file type" when you use save as, and add .bat or you can rename with .bat (if you have the view extension folder options on).

Yeah Robocopy will work... Robocopy is awesome...

01-24-2008, 08:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
charlene0706 New Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1	Flash Drive ? - Mirroring Folder on Comp Let's see if I can explain what I want: I have a USB 2.0 Flash Drive that I want to hold my picture files on. I was wondering if there was a way that when I add/update/rename/etc my pictures on my computer it will do the same on the flash drive. Pretty much I want to mirror my picture folder on my computer with the flash drive. I am running Windows Vista

01-25-2008, 01:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
albo1000 Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 55	i think you can use 'briefcase" to do that or Vista Sync Center. If they dont work for you theres always the good old copy and paste. __________________ IntelCore2 CPU 6600 2GB OCZ Reaper Ed. NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Logitech-G15 Logitech-G5 ASUS 22" Widescreen 19" LCD Monitor

01-25-2008, 01:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
sniperchang Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,000	You could make a batch file that will copy/update your folders. General info. Have a look on the net, they're not difficult to do. All you need is notepad, and a few lines of commands, rename the file with extention .bat and voilà. You can do all sorts of things with batch programs! Vista has a command called Robocopy which will be perfect for your situation. EDIT: Here I wrote this, it will do the trick: @ECHO OFF ROBOCOPY "C:\...(folder path to be copied)" "(destination folder/Path to your jump drive)" . /E /ETA /MIR EXIT Just replace what's in "" (leave the "" in). The . means it will copy any files in the source folder, the /E is to include subfolders, /ETA is just an option so that the output window will show an estimate of the time to complete the files, /MIR means it will mirror the destination folder to the source folder, that means it will also delete the files that was removed from the source file. You can erase any of those options if you don't want em. Just copy those lines in notepad, and rename with extension .bat. You can select "all file type" when you use save as, and add .bat or you can rename with .bat (if you have the view extension folder options on). __________________ CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Skt939 Toledo @ 2.4Ghz Motherboard: Asus A8V-E SE VidCard(s): BFG 9800GTX 512MB PCI-E; eVGA 6200 PCI (Secondary) Mem: Corsair 2x1 gb TWINX C2 PT XMS HardDrive: Western Digital 8m Cache 250GB 7200RPM Monitor(s): 2x CRT 17" Phillips 107B5/107T6 and LCD 22"wide Samsung 226BW (Triple Display) Multiple Display 101 Last edited by sniperchang; 01-25-2008 at 01:49 AM.

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