REVERT TO CONSOLE

Ok now I’m actually trying to do the synchronization of my work directory… here’s my initial experience:
>5:57pm – begin synchronization by right-clicking and selecting “Update All”.
>5:58pm – Explorer begins “Not Responding” mode…
>6:01pm – Entire screen blacks out
>6:04pm – Explorer flashes at the bottom of my screen, and it’s no longer in “Not responding” mode. I click on it but it doesn’t appear.
>6:05pm – I minimize all of my applications separately, and then click on explorer, but it still does not appear.
>6:06pm – I pull up the Task Manager, and select “Switch To” to access explorer. I am presented with a window that tells me there are several hundred new files available in my work directory that are not in my briefcase. The window itself is too small to read the files, and is not adjustable, rendering it basically worthless. However, mouseover works, and I can see that the majority of the new files are html javadoc files generated by my build scripts. I click update.
>6:15pm – My update has just barely started, and I’m beginning to have my doubts. I’m reminded that USB2.0 transfer speed tops out around 8Gbps, and I’m wondering what horrible software Windows could have written to acheive such miserable performance. I’m ready to go home for the week and I’m waiting on a very simple update that seems to be made more complicated than it needs to be.
>6:18pm – I’m thinking about CVS updates, which can read through 10K of files over a network in half the time that Windows briefcase can acheive it via USB2.0.
>6:19pm – I hit cancel, and Windows explorer reverts back to “Not Responding” mode.
>6:19pm – I decide to try and update the files individually, and find that explorer has a button that should allow me to decide which files to update.
>6:20pm – Bad idea, we’re back to what explorer does best- “Not Responding” mode.
>6:22pm – Back to the same selection screen as before. It’s not clear to me how to update individually, and I’m giving up!

I think maybe a better idea is to put a CVS repository on my flash drive? I’ve got 1Gb…