I don’t promote a lot of software, but when one works as well as DropBox, I need to let everyone know about it. DropBox is a free (2GB) cloud file storage system that holds all your files and makes them available on all your computers and devices. DropBox works with all the operating systems, iPhone, DROID, Blackberry, and over the web.
I use DropBox in two ways, but there are hundreds of applications for you to secure your files, so check them out.
1. Most important is with my DROID. When I take photos or video, I instantly send the files to my DropBox account. Once DropBox gets the files, it then synchronizes them with my main computer at home and to my laptop. No more pulling out USB cords and transferring files from my device, it’s done automatically. This also works with iPhone, iTouch and Blackberry.
2. I use DropBox to save files between four of my computers. It allows me to work on any file (word doc’s, excel files, programs, etc.) on any computer. If I am working on a file, that’s on my developing computer, and a customer calls me to make changes, while I am on the road, I start my laptop and open the DropBox folder on my desktop and the files are there from my developing computer. No more need of the USB thumb drive. It will even hold older versions of files, so if your Kids or Grandchild deletes or overwrites your word document and saves it (when you’re not looking), DropBox will have you original version saved, so you can restore it.
Commands and script for DOS and Windows 2000, XP, Vista
Another Tip on the Window Soga.
I have been developing backup scripts, to backup computer files and directories across networks and between all OS's. The problem I ran into was the files from Vista backed up to and XP system. When I tried to "brows" for the directory Windows would not display the directory. But if I typed the command into the address bar the files showed up and labeled the directory as hidden. In some cases if a file gets sent from one system to another via xcopy it will attach a hidden and read only attributes. This usually happens between OS's like XP, Vista, and Linux. You can not fix this issue via windows, you must go to the CMD window and remove all attributes at the same time. I listed the commands below:
c:\attrib c:\one.two -s -h -r
Below is a list of all attrib commands:
ATTRIB [+R | -R] [+A | -A ] [+S | -S] [+H | -H] [[drive:] [path] filename] [/S [/D]] + Sets an attribute. - Clears an attribute. R Read-only file attribute. A Archive file attribute. S System file attribute. H Hidden file attribute. /S Processes files in all directories in the specified path. /D Process folders as well.
Well, I am back at it again, My site is under construction.