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58 StorageSync User’s Guide
Using StorageSync to Synchronize Data
StorageSync provides a Synchronization feature that lets you keep files up to date between
computer hard drives and removable media drives. When StorageSync synchronizes files, it
compares the time and date of backed up files on the media drive with like-named files on
your computer’s hard drive. If a difference is found, StorageSync lists the names, dates, and
times of the files and uses colors to identify the difference:
Green indicates that a newer version of the files resides on the computer’s hard drive.
Red indicates that a file on the media drive has been deleted from the hard drive.
StorageSync also provides options that let you:
Synchronize files to ensure that the most recent versions replace older versions.
Have the files on the media drive overwrite the corresponding files on the hard drive.
Have the files on the hard drive overwrite the corresponding files on the media drive.
Take no action. This setting allows you to maintain different versions of the same file on
the hard drive and media drive.
In addition, StorageSync provides an option for deleting files from the media drive if the
corresponding files no longer exist on the hard drive. Enabling this feature ensures that files
that have been deleted will not work their way back onto a computer.
Data Synchronization Procedure
The following procedure describes how to synchronize data. For detailed information about a
particular step, refer to the section referenced in the step.
Do not synchronize data that is being used by another application.
1.
To your computer, attach the removable media drive that contains the files to be
synchronized with the files on your computer’s hard drive.
2.
Perform one of the following steps:
From the Welcome window or a secondary window, click the SYNC button.
In the System tray, click the StorageSync icon and click File Synchronization .
Either step displays the File Synchronization window (see Figure 28).