Copying/Pasting File types from multiple folders while preserving folder structure?

[Touch The Universe]

What software do you use to backup your files, preferably to copy only music related content so to search for specific files like flstudio files, studio one, or preset banks. I want to make a back up of only the last few months because I already backed up entire system then would like to preserve space. Also preserve file order is very crucial. Copying only a certain file type from multiple folders then pasting in new location while preserving folder structure?

[highkoo]

Acronis

It can be set to backup new stuff on a schedule.

[WOK]

http://www.backup-utility.com/download.html

http://www.areca-backup.org/

http://www.easeus.com/download/tbf-download.html

http://www.pcwelt.de/downloads/Free_Fil ... 49721.html

[standalone]

Another approach that is lighter and, I think, closer to what you are looking for:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/

[sbj]

I use this one: http://allwaysync.com/

[Mace404]

Another approach that is lighter and, I think, closer to what you are looking for:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/

This one is pretty fast to sync large backup sets. (set of 1.3m+ files in around 5-10 minutes)
I also use it to sync my VST folder accros my pc's.
Also has filters to exclude files/folders.

[Gonga]

If you have a large backup drive and like the idea of creating a copy of the drive that you could use immediately in the event the main drive fails, you could also simply copy the files with xcopy (included with Windows). For example,

xcopy C:\somefolder E:\backupfolder /D /E /C /R /H /I /K /Y

This command will copy all files, including those in sub-folders, that are newer in the source folder. It will copy hidden as well as read-only files and will create the destination folder and/or sub-folders if they do not already exist.

The first time you use it it will copy every file in that folder to the other folder (or every file on a drive to the other drive). Thereafter, only new files will be copied, and these will overwrite the old ones.

Microsoft includes 1TB of OneDrive storage with Office 365 now. Any file placed into the OneDrive folder is automatically copied to the cloud. imo, that's even better since your backup is not only automatic, but it's also offsite and can be reached from any device with Internet access. And unlike Google, MS allows users to opt out of ALL privacy compromises.

[GaryG]

http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/

This one is pretty fast to sync large backup sets. (set of 1.3m+ files in around 5-10 minutes)

I've actually been using Pathsync by Cockos (y'know, Reaper ) (http://www.cockos.com/pathsync/) but will try this app, looks damn fast.

pathsync has a nice analyse feature which highlights what will happen during the sync, can be handy if you want to go in and tweak thing etc.

[Mace404]

http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/

This one is pretty fast to sync large backup sets. (set of 1.3m+ files in around 5-10 minutes)

I've actually been using Pathsync by Cockos (y'know, Reaper ) (http://www.cockos.com/pathsync/) but will try this app, looks damn fast.

pathsync has a nice analyse feature which highlights what will happen during the sync, can be handy if you want to go in and tweak thing etc.

Freefilesync also shows what will be copied/removed and go which way (if you use 2-way sync)

Before this I used Synctoy from Microsoft. Also good but performance was so much lower than Freefilesync.

[GaryG]

Before this I used Synctoy from Microsoft. Also good but performance was so much lower than Freefilesync.

We used to use Synctoy at work (ITC dept) but it kept crashing when you specified a folder with too many files (sometime hundreds of thousands). Pathsync has never had that problem though will be sure to give Freefilesync a go.

[metamorphosis]

Cobian Backup is the best freeware solution, however it is highly configurable and you need to customise it to what you want to do. Supports CRC-checking after transfer.

[t3toooo]

SyncBack Free works great for me since many years,also it is regularly updated and rock solid.

http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html

[UltimateOutsider]

If you're on Windows, the built-in Robocopy tool (in Win 7 and Win 8, and maybe Vista?) will only copy new/updated files by default, and is pretty deeply controllable. I used to rely on Acronis True Image, but have concluded that it is terrible. And after trialing Paragon, Macrium, and EaseUS products, as well as Windows' own built-in backup tools, I've decided to stick with using Windows Task Scheduler to launch my own Robocopy scripts- because all I want to do is run daily backups that reflect new, updated, or deleted files.

Just open a command prompt and type "robocopy /?" for details.

[bmrzycki]

I guess I'm just a Linux command line kinda guy but I prefer rsync for my backup and copying duties.

It can be seamlessly tunneled through SSH, intelligently analyzes the source and destination to determine what needs to be saved, can create backup copies of files that differ, and a whole lot more. It's completely free and open source, and if you're a Mac user it's already installed on your OS X machine.

It takes a while to get used to its syntax: but once you know it you'll be able to make any kind of backup scheme you can dream up.

Paired with rsnapshot you can create enterprise-level tiered data retention scheduling. If you're technically inclined and afraid of losing data I'd recommend checking these programs out.

[xNiMiNx]

Ive used a bunch of the freeware ones, but with large batches (say a few hundred gb, thousands of files) i found most of the freeware to be unreliable (number of files / folders didnt match). I love acronis, but their software is a bit bulky for my taste (for file / folder backup), i really just like their bootcd for full image backups.

Long story short, i found TeraCopy Pro and have been very pleased with it. You can tell it to verify (CRC check) which is a big plus in my book. Also say you have two drives that should contain the same data, you can set it to skip existing files, set to verify, and basically it will just run a CRC check on all the files, so its a good way to check if any files have been borked over time.

They have a free, and a pro version. The one thing i dont believe it does, is select specific file types.

A little OT, is robocopy any better nowadays? Isnt that what evolved / replaced synctoy? Both of those failed me in the past with large jobs.