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| Thread ID: 113839 | 2010-11-06 03:28:00 | Simple (but sensible) backup procedure? | kapkol (15132) | Press F1 |
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| 1150664 | 2010-11-08 06:41:00 | No worries so long as your happy with the results that's what matters | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1150665 | 2010-11-08 08:46:00 | Don't forget that a backup should be stored away from your PC. If your PC gets stolen, it is likely that a backup disk will go with it. PC is destroyed by fire, so will the backup disk probably. It is best stored in a separate building if you can. | johnd (85) | ||
| 1150666 | 2010-11-08 09:11:00 | One thing that no ones mentioned; Make sure the Backup Works. There have been way to many times people backup, only to find that its actually not working correctly when attempting to put data back. A failed backup/ Non working is about as good as no backup. Some programs go through the motions and all looks well, only to find its failed when you really need it. Test it - before you need it. |
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| 1150667 | 2010-11-08 09:21:00 | I just use xcopy (or more recently robocopy) (both available on Win 7) to copy my documents to my external drive. I use the /D switch in xcopy so that I only copy newer files, and the /v to verify (get the command prompt and type xcopy /? to see the switches, or robocopy /?). And I run these from a batch file, and I run the batch file using the task scheduler once a day (on some critical systems, I run a different batch/xcopy every day of the week, so I have 7 different copies of the backup). The benefit of this is that you can look at (via explorer) and even run the backup copy to make sure it is OK -- and it is all available without installing any extra software. | Michael@home (10396) | ||
| 1150668 | 2010-11-08 21:34:00 | Never use copy & paste. It can(& does) crash out of the copy without warnings. NEVER use xcopy:It can(& does) crash out of the copy without warnings. xcopy has documented bugs use xxcopy or robocopy instead Make sure you get the email files as well , & files stored on the desktop. Force a fixed drive letter to the usb drive. for win7, you need the bit on the end (below), otherwise the whole backup might be marked as hidden/system (a bug in robocopy with win7 ) robocopy c:\ u:\backup /b /a /e /R:0 /W:0 /xj /eta /A-:RASHNT If using Wins built in backup, MAKE SURE you can manually select all the directories needed, not just the docs folder. Sometimes data is stored in (say) MYOB etc folders |
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| 1150669 | 2010-11-10 09:01:00 | Hmmm, never had any problems at all with xcopy in 20 years of using it. Never too late to learn (tho I am moving to robocopy now because it is much better at excluding directories and files from the copy; just generally harder to use). Can you tell me where I can find info on the known bugs - i'd be interested to read. | Michael@home (10396) | ||
| 1150670 | 2010-11-11 07:01:00 | I use synctoy to sync my user folder with an external drive. I find it handy to be able to carry all my files with me in the car & update something on another PC if required then sync back to my PC | Greven (91) | ||
| 1150671 | 2010-11-14 10:35:00 | I would suggest you to try syncbutler for file sync and backup. It would greatly help in keeping your back up files up to date. | jonkimnicko (10061) | ||
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