Comments on: Another FolderShare Release — Getting Scared

By: sun

sun — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:17:58 +0000

Crashplan is interesting, but its not a two way remote sync service/software. It makes encrypted backup files on the other computer.

Anyway, after using PowerFolder for one year, I finally dumped it. I paid for a license, but its a Java memory hog and its been finicky about wanting to work reliably.

So, now I am on to using GBridge (freeware) which has a remote Windows folder sharing feature. Then I’m using Allway Sync (freeware) to perform the synchronization on the local folder and remote folder. It works really well and keeps track of deletes so it can be propagated to the other machine. As far as I know, this solution only works for two computers, but both software can run on Windows 2000.

By: FolderShare is Going Away » Solo Technology

FolderShare is Going Away » Solo Technology — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:09:56 +0000

[...] point in December, Microsoft’s FolderShare is going away. I used to use this a lot until they dropped Windows 2000 support. Now, instead of FolderShare, we’ll have Windows Live Sync instead (see details) In December, [...]

By: Get Meek

Get Meek — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:38:14 +0000

One alternative that works on Windows 2000 is Crashplan.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:58:48 +0000

@Don – I’m with Sun in thinking that you probably need to be at least up to SP2 with the XP install.

As for the article… For my larger sync I’ve started to migrate off the win2k server to a Windows 2003 server. Not quite the timing of when I wanted to do it but c’est la vie.

For my smaller syncs (under a couple GB) I’ve been experimenting with DropBox and Windows Mesh… (I have a recent article up on those). They work a bit differently (with online storage and easily disconnected syncs) but have great potential.

By: sun

sun — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:01:12 +0000

Perhaps you need to update to the latest XP service packs for FolderShare to work. PowerFolder has its own quirks, but it has been working fine for me. After having obsessed over a solution for weeks, I’m glad I don’t have to think about it. Since my work machine is Win2k and home is XP, my home machine runs both FolderShare & PowerFolder to sync with the other computers I have.

After a lot of research, I realized there aren’t many solutions available for Windows 2000. PowerFolder is the closest thing to FolderShare I could buy that works on Windows 2000.

By: Dan Meek

Dan Meek — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:39:37 +0000

Powerfolder is expensive. It is $30 for one computer, $54 for 2 computers, and more for each additional computer. Each computer connected to the sync requires a paid license.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:48:33 +0000

I upgraded my Windows 2000 to Windows XP using an old XP upgrade disk I had purchased from Microsoft. FS tells me that this version of the OS is still too old. Is there a way around that?

I bought PowerFolder to try out but it is pretty complicated for me and took a long time to sync (mirror) the files. I am not really comfortable with it.

I would like to use FS but hate to install a new OS. Thanks.