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| 233711 | 2004-05-02 09:16:00 | Hi all In the past I have backed up my computer to a second computer on my home Network, To increase the speed of the my backup, and also the network, I now backup to a seperate partition and folder on my PC, but wish to create a batch file to copy this folder to another PC. ie Copy e:\Backups to \\Another Computer\Backups. I then hope to put this Batch file into the Scheduled Tasks program so this is all automatic. I have been playing around some, but with little sucess. Any ideas please Cheers HH Can |
Happy Harry (321) | ||
| 233712 | 2004-05-02 09:42:00 | This could help... www.techtutorials.info ;) |
hamstar (4) | ||
| 233713 | 2004-05-02 09:51:00 | Map a drive to the other computer - say k:. Use xcopy as below: xcopy e:\backups k:\backups /s /m The /s switch will copy subdirectories as well. The /m switch (optional) will copy only new or changed files only. Don't use it the first time! |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 233714 | 2004-05-02 10:38:00 | Thanks Guys Those suggestions got me a lot further down the track to my goal as it does copy the data where I want it to go How then do I add a switch of some sort to the batch file to write over the files the 2nd time the batch file runs. At the moment, keyboard input is required to do this and so will not run unattended. Thanks in anticipation Cheers HH |
Happy Harry (321) | ||
| 233715 | 2004-05-02 10:56:00 | It's a bit difficult sitting at my Linux box - but have a look at your DOS help and I think you might find the switch is /y. In fact have just confirmed this by looking at: www.computerhope.com |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 233716 | 2004-05-02 21:21:00 | Thanks John D Have had a lok at that site and it has some good info Cheers HH |
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