What is the best way to one-way synchronization to an external hard drive?

Transfer a large number of files and I want to copy on a hard drive backup periodically (manually) without deleting anything on that hard drive. The problem with just drag / drop is that Windows allows you to copy existing files, just take the useless time (I'll be okay have copy if files changed). Windows XP has a built-in feature smarter somewhere? SyncToy has tried, but it is too buggy. Is there a better tool that I can use? Maybe I should write my own in C++.

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