Flash Drive ? - Mirroring Folder on Comp

[charlene0706]

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]

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]

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]

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...