Hi, list.

As part of my backup rituals, I copy three times a week the content of
my main computer's hard disk (just a few really important directories,
not the whole disk) to another same capacity disk in a computer
connected to the LAN. Both run Windows (XP and 7 respectively), it is
about 450 GB of data. I ussually keep manual control (in an excel
spreadsheet) of the new needed to copy files to avoid copying the
whole thing every time. I know this is an arcaic method but I do this
as I am reluctant to use any extra software to make the incremental
backups and there are not too much changes so there is not too much to
do. But I have realized that my weak link is in the spreadsheet and if
I, for any reason loose it before doing the copies then I could get in
trouble and have to copy the whole thing (which in my gigabit lan
takes around 220 minute, I think...).

Before dipping into a propietary or open source application for
backing up, I think I would like to keep using my system but I think I
need a software which coul be used to compare the content of both hard
drives (the local and the networked backup) and tell me if there is
any file missing in the backup. This should run on Windows. Does
anything like that exists?

Thanks in advance for your time and help.

Regards,

Carlos.
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