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In summary all I did on Windows 10 was the following: The Setup of SyncToy was so straight forward, I see little point in covering the steps here in any amount of detail.

#Real problem 10 2 using microsoft synctoy install#

So I took another look at the problem with this point being compromised and I took a look at SyncToy 2.1 Install and Configure SyncToy 2.1

As long as the process was automatic, I think I’d be fine. I asked myself was this something I really needed, or something that would just be nice to have.

Then I focused on the real time updating objective. In the end I shortened the list down to the following two that were good candidates for compromise:Īs much as I started to look at commercial offerings, it pained me that I’d be going to use a paid for product to make up for weaknesses in something that was free (unless you count the number of hours I’ve spent trying to fix this!). I finally decided to return to the objectives to see if any of them could be compromised in order to achieve a good outcome. I tried a number of alternative solutions including mapping VHD files and storing them on the NAS drive, other sync programs and even considered (only for a second mind you) looking at alternative cloud storage providers. Every application that was installed eventually ended up with it’s own issues. I am sorry to say that despite trying several solutions for this nothing gave me exactly what I needed without some level of compromise. The Home Network Topology remains the same: The Home Network Topology used for Syncing the NAS drive to OneDrive

Ensure the Sync is a true two way process to capture any changes on.

Sync automatically and use real time updating, none of this task scheduler rubbish!.

Sync N:\Data (My mapped NAS location) with OneDrive.

#Real problem 10 2 using microsoft synctoy how to#

In the original post – How to Sync a NAS Drive with OneDrive I did back in 2014, I covered the basics of what I was trying to achieve: One of the most popular posts on this blog has been How to Sync a NAS Drive with OneDrive and since writing it and banging my head against the obvious limitations in the OneDrive client I’ve been using SyncToy for over a year now without a single issue. SyncToy has saved the day when it comes to keeping my NAS drive up to date with OneDrive.