Review: GoodSync

Slashdot ran an article last year titled "Condensing Your Life on to a USB Flash Drive?" and I started modifying how I use USB flash drives. I now use USB flash drives as portable backups in case of a disaster. While that sounds drastic, I thought not as I had already started planning on using USB drives in this manner after Hurricane Katrina. While I created a portable backup solution using a couple USB flash drives (one for personal information and one for work information), I also created a file synchronization nightmare. If I modified files on a USB drive, I had to make sure I copied it over to the folder in "My Documents" where I usually work on the file and vice versa. GoodSync uses a synchronization algorithm to synchronize data between PCs and USB drives. While other synchronization software simply copies files from place to place, GoodSync offers true bi-directional synchronization preventing data loss. Read the rest of the review to see if the Geeks feel GoodSync's synchronization algorithm works.

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http://www.gizmosforgeeks.com/index.php/articles/2260

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