Saving data to 2 folders at the same time - possible?

PlecPlec UK
edited August 2004 in Science & Tech
Is it possible to set up Word, or any application, to save to "My Documents" plus another designated folder automatically at the same time?

I would like my work to back up to a folder on my 2nd HDD automatically so that i don't have to worry about searching through revised docs & backing up at the end of each week.

Any help or pointers on where to look for info will be appreciated as my searches haven't turned up much relevent info.

Comments

  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited August 2004
    I don't know of anyway to do it within office software and I've never stumbled across a utility anywhere to make to saves automatically. Probably the easiest way for you to do this is to make a little bat file that copies folder a to folder b then just have task scheduler run the program every hour or how ever often you feel it's necessary. There are other ways to do it but for the files you are working with that would be the easiest.
  • ricerice Pennsylvania
    edited August 2004
    There is a way you can do this if you have XP, 2000 or NT (although it doesn't work as well on NT). You can use roaming profiles and set the roaming profile to be on your second drive. Roaming profiles were originally designed to store your profile (including My Documents) on a network drive so it can be accessed from any PC on the network. When you login it synchronizes the profile on the network with the local one on the PC. It does the same when you log off. It might take a few minutes longer to log on or off, but it works great and your whole profile is backed up on the 2nd hard drive. Just a note: It doesn't synchronize the files immediately just when you log in or off. Give it a try.
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