Synchronizing files on my network, laptop and home PC

[Harris K.]

I am glad I am not the only person with this question.
In my case, I have 2 computers at my office
(micronetwork), my laptop computer and a seperate home
computer. I just purchased a BUSlink 1GB USB BusDrive
(ya know the tiny hard drive that can plugged into any
USB port and put in your pocket to travel around with).
Now I have a small construction company and my files are
mostly .doc and .xls files with the occasional .pdf and
others. I was wondering if there was a program that
would allow me to sychronize the files from my network,
to my laptop and eventually to my home PC, using the
BusDrive as my transporting media. I would be looking
for a program of a reputable software company. I am
afraid of shareware programs. I do not have a big
company and I am worried about losing my files. Any help
would be extremely appreciated. By the way I run Windows
XP Pro on all my systems. Now maybe XP Pro even does it
w/o the use of other software but I have yet to be able
to figure out how!!! Sorry for the long message. Thanks
again to anyone who can help a computer novice!!!

>-----Original Message-----
>The problem: I have a laptop that goes with me out of
>the office frequently. I also have a desktop computer.
>The files on the laptop are modified on a daily basis,
as
>are the files on the desktop. I need to make sure that
>when I get back in the office with the laptop, the files
>that I have changed on it will be changed on the desktop
>computer and the files that were modified on the desktop
>will be copied onto the laptop. Is it possible to
>synchronize two computers to each other in this way?
>
>Thanks for any help.
>.
>

[The Who]

Briefcase seemed to solve this problem perfectly until I tried to open a
file from an application WHILE the briefcase was opened (i.e. when you can
the see it´s content like an ordinary folder). The application told me that
the briefcase was already IN USE. I had to close the briefcase in order to
open a file from within. VERY UNCOMFORTABLE and so I changed to a shareware
named TRAYBACKUP. Very fine until now...
Regards.
"Debra" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
> Have you tried using briefcase replication? Windows has a
> feature that I use with access databases in a multiuser
> environment. By dragging a file into a briefcase on any
> desktop it creates a synchronizable replicate of the
> original file. The laptop user simply works in the
> replicate file and then synchronizes the changes with its
> original when connected to the network.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I am glad I am not the only person with this question.
> >In my case, I have 2 computers at my office
> >(micronetwork), my laptop computer and a seperate home
> >computer. I just purchased a BUSlink 1GB USB BusDrive
> >(ya know the tiny hard drive that can plugged into any
> >USB port and put in your pocket to travel around with).
> >Now I have a small construction company and my files are
> >mostly .doc and .xls files with the occasional .pdf and
> >others. I was wondering if there was a program that
> >would allow me to sychronize the files from my network,
> >to my laptop and eventually to my home PC, using the
> >BusDrive as my transporting media. I would be looking
> >for a program of a reputable software company. I am
> >afraid of shareware programs. I do not have a big
> >company and I am worried about losing my files. Any
> help
> >would be extremely appreciated. By the way I run
> Windows
> >XP Pro on all my systems. Now maybe XP Pro even does it
> >w/o the use of other software but I have yet to be able
> >to figure out how!!! Sorry for the long message.
> Thanks
> >again to anyone who can help a computer novice!!!
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>The problem: I have a laptop that goes with me out of
> >>the office frequently. I also have a desktop
> computer.
> >>The files on the laptop are modified on a daily basis,
> >as
> >>are the files on the desktop. I need to make sure that
> >>when I get back in the office with the laptop, the
> files
> >>that I have changed on it will be changed on the
> desktop
> >>computer and the files that were modified on the
> desktop
> >>will be copied onto the laptop. Is it possible to
> >>synchronize two computers to each other in this way?
> >>
> >>Thanks for any help.
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >