I have a desktop PC in one location and a laptop in another and am having problems keeping the two in phase. GoToMyPC sounds useful, but the price is high.
Vicki Eves
The simplest solution would be to keep "master copies" of your files on a portable hard drive, then copy the contents to your local PCs for backup. There are lots of USB hard drives designed for portable use, including Western Digital's My Passport series, Seagate's FreeAgent Go drives, Freecom's ToughDrives and Iomega's eGo models. You can use Google's Gmail or similar to keep email in sync.
Programs such as GoToMyPC and LogMeIn are useful if you need to access files remotely, and the basic level of LogMeIn is free. (If you want File Sync, you have to pay for LogMeIn Pro.) In the longer term, Microsoft Live Mesh could be the answer for automated synchronisation across multiple devices, including PCs, Macs and mobile phones. However, at the moment it is still in beta.
