I'm looking for recommendations for a background copy program that supports Windows 7 (both 32- and 64-bit).I need to copy several large files on a regular basis from my computer to the file server, and I'm looking for a program that will do that without trying to hog all the computer resources and bandwidth.I've searched Google and found several programs that claim to do file syncing in the background. I didn'tsee just a background file copy program.As I would prefer not to start spending days or weeks trying out various programs, I'm just wondering if anyone in the forums have any experience with any programs that might do the job and care to recommend it? Or provide feedback on any programs to avoid.Thanks in advance,Richard

I suggest youcreate a batch file, containingXCOPY command(s) (or even justCOPY), and schedule the command to run via the Task Scheduler. With some finesse, you can even set the priority to "Below Normal" so that anything you're doing interactively will take precedence.I actually do this myself to do nightly file copies to external drives.Note: Even at low priority, since the file copy will involve using system resources - e.g., the disk drive and memory - you probably will feel some impact byany taskrunning in the background while you are using Windows interactively.If you'd like more detailed guidance on the commands and scheduling a task, please let us know; I or someone on this forum will be happy to lay it out.-Noel

You might want to look at Microsoft's ToySync. It has various types of copying including; Synchronize, Echo and Contribute. You can schedule it to run the copying.

Noel,Thanks for the reply.How does one configure a scheduled task to run at a below normal priority? I don't see such an option in Task Schedule, nor do I ever recalling such an option in the previous versions of Windows.Richard

I like to use Rsync as it only copies over new or change BITS not the whole file.DeltaCopy is one such app.You also have programs like GFI backup and Karen's Replicator which just copy over the whole file.You can aslo just Rsync in bat file

Proton2,Thanks for the reply. I'll check them out.Richard

I use a program called Mirror Folder to do this. I use it to keep 7 folders in sync between my Desktop (Win 7) and a XP Webserver and XP Laptop. I run Mirror Folder on the Desktop.Rich

I said it was ToySync, but its SyncToy.You can download it here...http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C26EFA36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&displaylang=en

Check our RichCopyhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx?pr=blog

You can't schedule the batch file to run at a lower priority directly, per se, but you can have the batch file run the copy command at a lower priority through the use of the START command. To wit:START /BELOWNORMAL XCOPY C:\ImportantFiles D:\Backup\ImportantFiles /S /E /C /I /R /D /K /Y /HThe switches on XCOPY shown here will also provide a time-based incremental copy of files, and traverse all subfolders.You could START another batch file as well.Redirect the output of the command you schedule to a log file and you can look for errors, etc. You can redirect both stdout and stderr to an ever growing log file with a command like this:c:\temp\BatchJob.bat >>c:\temp\BatchJob.log 2>&1FYI, I have always had better luck finding ways to use the tools provided by the operating system than employing 3rd party software.-Noel

Noel,Thank you for the reply and the information about the START command. If I ever heard of it before, I've completely forgotten about it. But, I will give it a try. Sounds like it should address my issue. Like you, I do prefer to use the built-in features when I can.Richard-- And thanks to everyone else that have replied.