- #RESILIO SYNC FOLDER STRUCTURE INSTALL#
- #RESILIO SYNC FOLDER STRUCTURE DRIVERS#
- #RESILIO SYNC FOLDER STRUCTURE PORTABLE#
- #RESILIO SYNC FOLDER STRUCTURE ANDROID#
Create a folder structure that will organize your backups.
I named them 4TB backup #1 and 4TB backup #2.
#RESILIO SYNC FOLDER STRUCTURE PORTABLE#
On the backup laptop, format both portable external drives to ExFAT. Once you are done setting up Resilio Sync on each of the org's computers and you have a key for every folder on every computer you want backed up, it's time to link them to the backup laptop. Link the org computers to the backup laptop I save this document out to a file on a USB drive and take the drive with me to each computer I'm working on, but it could also be stored in a secure cloud service like LastPass or Google Drive. Label each key with the computer/user name and the folder name. You may also want to use an encrypted key for security.) for each folder and paste it into a text document. As you do this, copy the key (I use the read only key to prevent accidental modifications or overwrites. If you keep specialized files elsewhere (photos, videos, music, fonts etc.), be sure to add those folders as well. I recommend the 3 Ds: Documents, Desktop and Downloads.
#RESILIO SYNC FOLDER STRUCTURE INSTALL#
Configure each computer that needs to be backed upįor each of the computers that you want to back up, install Resilio Sync and then add the folders you want backed up to Resilio. Keep the system completely bare bones for simplicity. I do not recommend installing any other 3rd party software, even things like Chrome or 7-Zip. While you are at it, install Resilio Sync on the backup laptop. I also advise you compress the internal hard drive, remove older versions of the system files, and use the USB flash drive as additional storage when applying system updates.
#RESILIO SYNC FOLDER STRUCTURE DRIVERS#
This involves uninstalling all of the bloatware that comes with it (pretty much anything that can be uninstalled should be, aside from required device drivers such as those from RealTek or Intel), and applying all of the latest system updates. Configure the backup laptopįirst do the basic configuration for the Windows OS on the backup laptop. To keep this article relatively short, I'm going to leave out some of the details.
#RESILIO SYNC FOLDER STRUCTURE ANDROID#
If device2 is an Android mobile, disable Simple mode in settings prior to connecting.
If the folder's not empty, you'll see a message asking for confirmation. Click 'OK' to connect two folders. When prompted for folder location, point it to the already existing directory and click "Connect". Take the key/link delivered from Computer 1 and paste it to "Manual connection" field. On devices with different identities:Ĭhoose a folder you wish to synchronise and add it to Sync, click on "Share" button, copy the link or key and deliver it to Computer 2: The following instruction works for mobiles and step will be basically the same, though the UI views will be different from the examples below. other files will be just merged into folder tree and exchanged. if same files have different hash (for example, different content) the one with latest timestamp will be synced replacing the file on remote peer same files with same hashes will not be re-synced
When peers connect to each other, Sync will rescan the files, hash them and compare Yes, you can. Depending on whether your pre-populated folders are located on linked devices or on devices with different Sync identities there's a special workflow.