External Hard Drive Problem

[aaron bonnici]

<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I use a laptop to edit my photos with Lightroom 3 and CS4.<br>

For storage I have got a 1TB Hard Drive which I lug around with another 1TB External Hard Drive at home that I use as a backup. The two Hard Drives are a mirror image of each other.<br>

My question is, is there a sort of program that once I get home, I connect the two Hard Drives with the laptop and the changes I made on one hard drive is automatically done to the other hard drive?<br>

I know that the ideal setup would be a RAID system but I havent got one.<br>

Thanks</p>

 

[Matt Laur]

<p>It will help if you mention what sort of computer system you're using. Windows? Mac? Which operating system version?</p>

[aaron bonnici]

<p>Hi Matt,</p>

<p>Sorry my fault...I`m running Windows Vista on an Acer Laptop.</p>

[frank_skomial]

<p>Possibly you need to look into backup software that allows backup into 2 discs, and possibly resynchronizes them.</p>

<p>USB 2.0 external drives are slow for multi mega bytes folders. For new drives solution I would consider latest external USB 3.0 discs, or external eSata solutions. In both cases you would need proper interface in your computer.</p>

[don_cooper]

<p>Second Copy would do what you need quite nicely. There is a free trial download at - <a href="http://www.secondcopy.com/">http://www.secondcopy.com/</a></p>

[William Kahn]

<p>ViceVersa PRO (<a href="http://www.tgrmn.com">www.tgrmn.com</a>). You can set up profiles to back up several file folders to multiple hard drives.</p>

[RobertChura]

<p>Microsoft has a free utility that works quite well. Synctoy 2.0</p>

[aaron bonnici]

<p>Thanks guys for your help, will try the different solutions and will let you know.</p>

[aaron bonnici]

<p>Thanks Robert Synctoy 2.1 works like a charm, just what I needed.</p>