Sync with an removable (USB) drive? Kevin Buchs 2/12/2007 3:40:01 PM If I want to carry a notebook from work to home and back via a USB drive, is there a way I can use the Sync capability? I don't want the notebook only stored on the USB drive but I want it on a local, networked drive as the primary location. Is this best done with Briefcase in XP?

Re: Sync with an removable (USB) drive? "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <pdschmid[ at ]nospam.mvps.org> 2/12/2007 4:07:29 PM 2003 or 2007? Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Kevin Buchs" <KevinBuchs[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AB5E4EAA-A2D4-4D73-84F5-9B5728F6D30D[ at ]microsoft.com: [Quoted Text] > If I want to carry a notebook from work to home and back via a USB drive, is > there a way I can use the Sync capability? I don't want the notebook only > stored on the USB drive but I want it on a local, networked drive as the > primary location. > > Is this best done with Briefcase in XP?

Re: Sync with an removable (USB) drive? xTenn <xTennREMOVETHISPART[ at ]tds.net> 2/12/2007 4:09:30 PM Kevin Buchs wrote: [Quoted Text] > If I want to carry a notebook from work to home and back via a USB drive, is > there a way I can use the Sync capability? I don't want the notebook only > stored on the USB drive but I want it on a local, networked drive as the > primary location. > > Is this best done with Briefcase in XP? Make the notebook on the usb drive, but set up the machine at work to keep a backup on the networked drive. Optionally also set up the home machine to keep a backup on a storage card or similar if so so equipped. This would give you quite a few copies and is possible by default with ON 2007.

Re: Sync with an removable (USB) drive? Kevin Buchs 2/12/2007 4:21:03 PM Sorry to not have previously stated I am using ON 2007

Re: Sync with an removable (USB) drive? Kevin Buchs 2/12/2007 4:26:00 PM This isn't quite what I was thinking. I'd like the working copy to be on my local storage (fast network storage) so I don't pay the penalty of slow access to the USB drive. If there was a background sync going on with the USB drive when installed that would be great. Also, I may not always have the drive available or inserted. "xTenn" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Make the notebook on the usb drive, but set up the machine at work to > keep a backup on the networked drive. Optionally also set up the home > machine to keep a backup on a storage card or similar if so so equipped. > This would give you quite a few copies and is possible by default with > ON 2007.

Re: Sync with an removable (USB) drive? xTenn <xTennREMOVETHISPART[ at ]tds.net> 2/12/2007 4:37:55 PM Kevin Buchs wrote: [Quoted Text] > This isn't quite what I was thinking. I'd like the working copy to be on my > local storage (fast network storage) so I don't pay the penalty of slow > access to the USB drive. If there was a background sync going on with the > USB drive when installed that would be great. Also, I may not always have > the drive available or inserted. > OneNote will work off of your local cache and sync with the USb device as required - this will even work fine off of slower jump drives, etc. If the USB drive is not available you can go ahead and work as you want and sync later. Just keep the notebook open in OneNote.

Re: Sync with an removable (USB) drive? Kevin Buchs 2/12/2007 5:31:01 PM Well, the network storage is primary storage at work. It is backed up while the local disk is not. It is also policy that work documents for projects get stored in specific locations. I have share the notebook but as far as I know, no one else in my work group is using ON. If my work here would come to an unexpected, abrupt end, it may be possible that someone else will need to access the data. In addition, the network location has Windows Permissions/ACLs set such that the availability can be controlled. But, see another posting <http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.onenote&p=1&tid=68132f3d-7116-4d82-8aef-d7788dba2510> for concerns regarding that. "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > The question for you is why you want the network storage? Is the network > storage just for backup purposes or are other users using the notebook > via the network as well?