Using XCOPY

• 1). Use the XCOPY Windows command to copy files that are newer than the files that already exist in the destination folder.
  
  
• 2). Open Notepad and create a file with these two lines for Windows 2000 or XP:
  
  XCOPY "%1" "%2" /D /I %3
  
  XCOPY "%2" "%1" /D /I %3
  
  Save the file in the Windows folder as "SYNC.CMD." For Windows 95, 98 or Me, substitute "XCOPY32" for "XCOPY" and save the file as "SYNC.BAT."
  
  
• 3). Open a command prompt, type in "SYNC" and follow it with the paths of the two folders to be synchronized bracketed in quotes. Add "/S" to the command line if you want to include subfolders. Click on "Enter" when everything is done.
  
  

Windows Briefcase

• 1). Use Windows Briefcase to create a duplicate of files and then transfer them to the second computer while keeping the original on the first computer.
  
  
• 2). Right-click on the desktop and choose "New." Select "Briefcase."
  
  
• 3). Drag and drop the files you want to transfer into the Briefcase.
  
  
• 4). Drag and drop the Briefcase to the second computer using the network connection.
  
  
• 5). Go to the other computer and edit the files. Transfer the Briefcase back to the first computer. Right click on the Briefcase and choose "Update all."