On "Paul J. The Grump" <> wrote:
|>I need to backup about 5-10MB of data on a daily basis.
|>
|>I'm currently trying a number of third party software solutions including
|>"Auto Backup" to compress the data and send it off to a remote server.
|>
|>What are some recommendations for this task? Any more efficient ways to do
|>so other than leaving some third party app running in the background 24
|>hours a day waiting to do one task?
|>
|>I'm running Windows XP by the way, any advice will be greatly appreciated.
This was posted in this group sometime ago and I grab'd it just in
case I had a need for it. All I know is John posted it (found no
results in google).
Set your scheduler to run it whenever.
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Circuit City has an 80GB dual-option USB External Drive (7200 RPM) on
sale for $49.99 after $50.00 worth of rebates. I have a couple of
them.
One I purchased from OfficeMax about a month ago, the other from
Circuit City yesterday. I don't much care for the Dantz Retrospect
Backup Software that comes with the WD external hard drive. I use
XXCOPY (freeware) that works wonderfully with the drives. Once
installed, XXCOPY can be run from the Start Run box, a batch file, or
in DOS mode.
Once I have made the initial backup, which can take several hours on a
computer system, the incremental backups take about 1/2 hour on each
of
my three systems. The command I run from a batch file for incremental
backup is as follows:
XXCOPY C:\ H:Office-Drive-C /S /PB /DA /H0 /BI /FF /Po0 /X*.tmp
where I backup from drive C (the source) to H:\Office-Drive-C (the
target). On my laptop the target is drive E:\Laptop-Drive-C.
On my home desktop, the target is is E:\Home-Drive-C.
The slash (/) commands I use with XXCOPY do the following:
/S Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones.
/PB Shows Progress bar for the job (default file progress >=
1M).
/DA Copies newer files and brand new files.
/H0 Excludes hidden and/or system files (default).
/BI Backs up incrementally, different (by time/size) files only.
/FF Fuzzy Filetime (same as /FF2S --- matches within 2 sec).
/Po0 Suppresses warning on file-overwrite (Legacy /Y).
In reality, /DA and /BI are probably equivalent. In addition, /H0
probably is not needed. But I use it anyway. /Po0 is needed, otherwise
I would have to sit and watch the monitor to know when to enter Y to
enable a file overwrite.
When connected to any of my three computers, the files on an external
drive are just as readable as on drive C. Also, I can update, copy,
and
delete files on the external drive.
I update every day, usually before I go home or before the end of the
evening. Once a week, I swap the two external drives between the home
desktop or laptop and the office computer. That way, from a computer
at
home or in the office, I can access the files that were stored on the
other computer no more than a week ago. Prior to going on the road, I
do an incremental backup on all computers and take one of the external
drives with me. That way, if I need a file on one of the other
computers, I have it.
John
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