Automatically backing up a folder in Win 10?

Automatically backing up a folder in Win 10?

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MysteryLemon

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Sunday 25th September 2016
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I've just formatted my main PC, currently typing this in 1024x768 res whilst windows update downloads my display drivers.

I've got around 130gb of photos on this PC so it took a while to sort them and back them up to another hard drive before formatting.

Is there any way in Windows 10 that I can set a folder I want backing up, set a location to back it up to, and then have it automatically mirror that folder to the location whenever any changes are made?

Would be nice to have a mirror copy of my images folder that is always up to date on another hard drive.

Thanks

MysteryLemon

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Sunday 25th September 2016
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alock said:
A live mirror is not a very good backup. It will only protect you from some hardware failures.

A failure that corrupts a file will have the corruption copied to the backup. A virus that encrypts or deletes the file will be mirrored. An accidental deletion will not be protected against.

Mirroring has its place as part of a larger backup strategy, but should not be used as the only backup.
Good point but what else would you suggest? I don't really want the "hassle" of having to manually back up files as a routine, hence why I would like a mirror, or at least something that will back up the files once every few days automatically etc. Doesn't need to be a live mirror. Wouldn't be the end of the world if I lost the most recent files, It's mostly the old stuff I don't want to go missing (family pics etc).