On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 13:01:54 -0600, BillW50 wrote:

On 11/13/2013 12:39 PM, Gordon wrote:
Another question I have regarding MS Windows 8.1 is, how do I do a
synchronize between two folders...one on my computer and one on an
external hard drive. I know I can do a fresh copy of the computer's
folder to the external drive but I would like to just do a simple
synchronize that would bring both folders up to the exact same file
contents.

There are many ways to do this, but I love SyncBack for these kinds of
tasks.

SyncBack Free - freeware version
http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/

Thanks, Bill. I may get this and try it out. I was thinking there was
a "built-in" function in MS Windows 8.1 that would do this with no
need to install any new software. Gordon