FreeFileSync Forum

With the previous 3.21 yet the comparison phase was terribly slow on my work
pc; two sync files appeared on the Windows desktop and the comparison process
stuck. On my home pc it has always been ok with all FFS versions.

Where the FFS settings are stored?
I searched in the installation directory and in the system registry but I
found nothing.

You mentioned USB memory sticks, now I'm using an external USB hdd with FFS
4.0 and it works fine!
I haven't tried the 4.0 with a fast pendrive yet. Do you think the performance
would be seriously affected?

I downloaded the last version, 4.0, it works fine even on my slow work pc!
Well done!

After having completed the backup I tried to restart FFS but the new compare
phase has been very slow now, much slower than the first one.
The first backup I did on the empty Cruzer pendrive, the second on the same
pendrive but filled with the folders and files resulting from the first
backup.
Now ...

I am doing another test: I have replaced the A-Data pendrive with a 8 GB
Cruzer Micro, much slower then the A-Data.
Unbelievable, but true: FreeFileSync is working pretty fine, rather slow but
fine, without freezing, both in compare and sync phases.
USBDeview reports a 200 mA consumption of the ...

Hi all,
I have been using FreeFileSync since about two years for backup, it works fine
on my home pc (core2quad, Win 7 64-bit, external USB HDD).
On my work pc (PentiumD WinXP SP3, USB pendrive) it has worked fine until I
had to replace my old pendrive on last July, a 16 GB by Kodak, with a bigger ...