"I have a USB Pen Drive, I find it great for backups. I find it hard-work at times to copy files and folders to and from my hard drive and USB Stick. Is there an easy way to sync files between my hard disk and USB Flash Drive?"

There is indeed...

Here's how:

• Download SyncToy (SyncToy helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly and easily.) and install it (go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C26EFA36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&displaylang=en )
  
• Run SyncToy from the Start Menu
• You will now have to create a Folder Pair
  • Choose a Left Folder (this is a folder on your PC's hard disk)
    
  • ...and a Right Folder (this points to your removable USB Pen Drive)
    
• Choose a Synchronization Method. This could be anything from:
  • Synchronize: Two Way Synchronization (left to right as well as right to left).
  • Echo: Transfer happens Left to Right. Renames and Deletes are also synced from left to right.
  • Contribute: Left to Right Syncing. Renames are done on right with left as the source. No Deletions occur.
• In the window that appears, click on Run to start the Syncing Process. In case you want to be able to preview the changes that’ll be done, use the ‘Preview’ option to have a look at the upcoming actions that’ll be taken.