How to Automatically Backup to USB Drive When Plugged in
"Would you please recommend me an auto USB backup software that supports to automatically back up computer files to a USB drive when it is plugged in? Each time I want to back up the imported camera photos on my computer to a Toshiba USB flash drive, I have to insert the drive and then copy files down. It's so troublesome."
Qiling Backup Automatic backup software for backing up files to an external USB flash drive
It's a great idea to develop a piece of backup and recovery software that supports to backup files to not only internal hard drive but also external storage drive such as USB memory stick. Or even greater if the data files can be automatically backed up to a flash drive as soon as Windows detects and recognizes it.
In fact, Qiling Backup is such a backup program to create backups on your USB drive (including disk & partition, files, games, applications, system data...) in an automatic way. What's more, it's the most user-friendly software ever that makes files to USB drive backup super easy and fast.
How to backup/sync files to a USB drive automatically when plugged in
Next, download and install the Windows backup software on your Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP computer. Prepare your USB flash drive (any brand and capacity of USB drive are supported, no matter it's 2/4/8/16/32/128GB SanDisk, Toshiba, Transcend, Lexar, Sony, Kingston or Samsung), and correctly connect it to the computer that has Qiling Backup installed.
To create backups to your USB drive automatically, follow the below steps:
Preparations:
- Connect your USB to your computer
- Download Qiling Backup
Step 1. Launch Qiling backup software and choose "File backup" on the window to make USB auto copy files when plugged in.
Step 2. Select the files that you want to backup to external hard drive or USB. And then click browse icon to navigate the external hard drive or USB flash drive as the file backup destination.
Step 3. Click the "Schedule" option to open the Backup Scheme window, here you can create a scheduled backup plan to backup files later, daily, weekly, monthly.
Step 4. Click "Proceed" to back up folders or files to the external hard drive.
Note: every new automatic backup plan requires the backup image saved at the last time, or else the backup software won't work as planned even it detects the same USB device.
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