Customer Reviews

FolderMatch - Backup Your Files or Hard Drive, Protect Your Data, Compare and Synchronize Folders on Your Computer (Windows Software)

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
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1 star:		(1)

 

 

I've been using this tool for many years, since it first came out. I can't even begin to put a value on this software. I use it to compare and sync folders, find duplicates, view the difference between files, change date time stamps, rename multiple files, sync my computer clock with an atomic time server, etc...

This software has saved me thousands of dollars in time/productivity since I've had it. Among one of the best, most useful pieces of software I've ever owned - EVER.

Heck, it's in the Microsoft Shareware Hall of Fame. I mean, how can you go wrong with pedigree like that???

I have used this software everyday to sync my work folders in my desktop and laptop computers. It works effortlessly in Windows XP.

It took a little figuring out since the documentation was pretty much non-existent. However, the product is awesome - very fast and easy to use. Now backing up is a breeze.

FolderMatch works exactly as it is supposed to--what a change. It gives you total control or you can set it to automatic. Your files are quickly backed up, without duplicates and wasted space. It is very fast, easy to use, and worth the money in time/effort saved. Great product. Exactly what I wanted.

The best I've used untill now. Friendly and easy to use. I would however suggest a few tricks to make it more practical: automatic window resizing to full screen or back, having the possibility of viewing the chosen files to update inside a folder in the compare mode etc.

This program may work great, but it crashed my access to the internet TWICE. Once you install it, no access to the internet. Twice I hired a geek to delete internet explorer 8, installed FolderMatch, then reinstalled explorer 8. FolderMatch blamed it on Microsoft, something to do with the DLL???

Take away my internet for 2 weekends, I can not speak highly of any program. It works now, but a major hassle...

This product is great, however, it crashes when handling certain unicode issues (chinese in my case). I generally use it for backing up my data onto an external USB hard drive and it has saved lots of time for me. I also notice that it has some problems finding duplicates, because after running the program I still saw some duplicates not found (haven't got the time to find the reason). Also, buyers make certain if you want FolderMatch or FolderClone. After buying Foldermatch, I found out that the Clone was better suited for me becuase it queues up the backup for several drives and it is more like a "press one button and it will handle all the backup". Currently, I have to do each drive manually.