For basic syncing, I've been using Sync-Toy from Microsoft since I had WXP.  
Works like a charm, simple to use, has a GUI and command line interface (you 
use the CLI if you want to automatically schedule its running), and free.

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        -----Original Message-----

        Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:56:10 -0500
        From: Robert Terzi <[email protected]>
        Subject: [Thinkpad] rsync (was Copying  only files not existing at
        target)
        To: [email protected]
        Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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        On 28/01/2013 07:31, Jeffrey Race wrote:
        > I've designed my backup system around this ap but have been unable to 
        > figure out the command-line switches.
        [...]
        > Searching online resources suggests one must move all, overwriting 
        > existing files, wasting time in some situations.

        I also heavily utilize and recommend rsync.

        I use it for most of my copying and backups on *nix and windows.

        There are a ton of switches and different ways of using rsync.
        What problem are you having?  Have you looked at any of the existing
        tutorials?   It is a powerful tool, but unfortunately that power
        comes at the price of some complexity.

        Remember you can always use -n to do a dry run to see what it will do.

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