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Bruceneo
Note that I can't use OneDrive to transfer files because I currently can only afford the free OneDrive tier.
I use my laptop as a secondary backup to many folders on my desktop. One of these folders is the My Music folder (over 250gb) of which I like to keep synced between the two computers. I don't usually sync but once every so often when I am going on a trip or need to use my laptop for somethings.
I started doing this a few years ago using Syncback free and it worked quite well at first. It seems like over the last year or so I have had to go into my network settings and keep adding and changing permissions so I could continue to sync the My Music folder and another much larger folder from my desktop PC to my laptop.
I have all changed all my sharing settings in the Network settings area on both computers. Here is what I do:
For some reason the desktop folders I share do not show up in the network path on either computer. If I go to "Show me all the network shares on this computer" it opens a file explorer page with all the shares I've set but they do not actually show up in file explorer when I open it normally. I will try to post an image below.
My laptop does show up in both network folders but it keeps asking for a password that I don't have and in fact is turned off so I do not need to use a password.
In the image below I have to click #1 to get #2 to show up:
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I use my laptop as a secondary backup to many folders on my desktop. One of these folders is the My Music folder (over 250gb) of which I like to keep synced between the two computers. I don't usually sync but once every so often when I am going on a trip or need to use my laptop for somethings.
I started doing this a few years ago using Syncback free and it worked quite well at first. It seems like over the last year or so I have had to go into my network settings and keep adding and changing permissions so I could continue to sync the My Music folder and another much larger folder from my desktop PC to my laptop.
I have all changed all my sharing settings in the Network settings area on both computers. Here is what I do:
- I go to the Network & Internet section under settings.
- I go to both ethernet and wifi and enable the same settings on both computers.
- In Private (current profile) I have Turn on network discovery, Turn on automatic setup of network connected devices, and Turn on file and printer sharing checked.
- Under Guest or Public I have Turn on network discovery and Turn on file and printer sharing checked.
- Under All Networks I have Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders, use 128 bit encryption, and and Turn off Password protected sharing checked.
- Under the folders I want to share I have shared them with "everyone" have have the folder permissions set to read and write.
For some reason the desktop folders I share do not show up in the network path on either computer. If I go to "Show me all the network shares on this computer" it opens a file explorer page with all the shares I've set but they do not actually show up in file explorer when I open it normally. I will try to post an image below.
My laptop does show up in both network folders but it keeps asking for a password that I don't have and in fact is turned off so I do not need to use a password.
In the image below I have to click #1 to get #2 to show up:
Continue reading...