Drive Syncing Recommendations?

[saymyusername]

Hey all,

 

I'm using an old Windows machine as a home NAS (couple of mirrored 3TB WD Reds - thankfully not SMR ones). I have a spare 3TB drive in my main PC that I want to use for regular backups of the content on the NAS. I'm looking for software recommendations that will regularly (say, weekly) sync the contents of my NAS onto the drive on my PC?

 

I want the content on the backup drive to be just a straight copy I can explore locally, rather than an image that I'd have to restore should my NAS blow up.

 

Any suggestions?  

[TehDwonz]

Just now, saymyusername said:

Hey all,

 

I'm using an old Windows machine as a home NAS (couple of mirrored 3TB WD Reds - thankfully not SMR ones). I have a spare 3TB drive in my main PC that I want to use for regular backups of the content on the NAS. I'm looking for software recommendations that will regularly (say, weekly) sync the contents of my NAS onto the drive on my PC?

 

I want the content on the backup drive to be just a straight copy I can explore locally, rather than an image that I'd have to restore should my NAS blow up.

 

Any suggestions?  

Windows Task Scheduler and a small batch file script using the robocopy command?

[LWM723]

Try dSynchronize it can mirror a drive real-time or sync on a schedule. It is free and portable.

[saymyusername]

Thanks both, two great options here. Will look into both.