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Keep Your USB Drive Synchronized With Briefcase

There has been a nice little utility called Briefcase that has been part of the standard Windows operating systems since way back when. Windows briefcase was originally designed for keeping files synchronized between computers - desktop to server, desktop to desktop, laptop to server, you get the idea. You would create a briefcase, pull the files that you wanted to keep synched into it, then periodically synchronize the files so that any files that had been modified (in either location) would be updated. These days I’m finding a new use for the briefcase - keeping data synchronized between my USB drive and my laptop.

Chances are you have a USB thumb drive by now. Chances are that you’ve also seen the Briefcase program this article is talking about. Come on, you’ve seen it some where when you were wanting through Windows. As he points, it’s practically been in Windows since the beginning. Anyways, this seems like a very good idea, but still might be more work than it’s worth. In my case, I only plug my thumb drive in when I need to move a file. I keep my bookmarks, contacts, etc synchronized via other means. This could be useful for some people though.