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Black_adder

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Not sure if this Is the right place to put it, so feel free to move if neccessary. Thanks.

Im looking for a simple program to Automatically, periodically COPY several files/folders from several locations onto a different HD. I dont want an ISO (or equivilant) image... just that the folders and structure paths to remain the same.
I've looked at several programs, but can only find ones you either have to pay for, or make an image, or cant do multiple locations.

I only want a simple free one really, nothing complicated... I was hopeful about 'SyncToy' from MS, but it doesnt seem to work on my Vista, even though it says it should.

Anyway, anyone knows of anything like this, i'd appreciate it =)
Also, writing my own batch file is an option, if anyone knows how to program the timing for it correctly.

Im running Vista 64 home premium

Thanks

EDIT: It just hit me, a batch file would be perfect! I have no need to use Time codes... windows scheduel would work ><
Dammit, its so simple its stupid!... hehe
Good idea do you think?
 
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you robocopy it's part of vista i think, otherwise you can download it

open a cmd window and type robocopy /?

the way to use it is...

robocopy /e c:\source\ d:\destination\


on the 1st run it would copy all files & folders to d:\destination
on the 2nd and consecutive runs it would only copy files that are new or have been updated (saved again at a later date) to d:\destination

awesome tool

if there are multiple folders, ie..

c:\files\
c:\music\

then give each one a robocopy script in one bat file

awesome awesome tool
 
Just could NOT get Robocopy to work... seems it wont backup any files in the \users\ directory. which is the exact one I needed to backup.

Unless im doing something wrong, but I checked it on the MS site and I seemed to be using the right codeline.
Not even the classic xcopy worked =(
 
Thanks for the options, ill take a look at some =)

And yeah, I only basically want the my documents portion backed up periodically... my main storage Drive is 1TB with 900 of that used up... I feel raiding it would be a waste, heh, if I get a new one, it will be overflow.

Anyway, thanks... I think ill give up on the batch coding for now ;D
 
what did you type in robocopy?

if you create a file in notepad and save it as backup.bat (not .txt) and put a 'pause' in after the last line it'll give you an error on screen then (if there is one)

robocopy /e C:\users\yourname\Documents D:\backup\Documents
pause

edit that as you need..
 
Thats exactly what I wrote before, but just tried again but included 'pause' and it worked perfectly =/

Very odd, not sure why not before, but oh well, thanks!

Hmmm, seems it skipped 300 or so files because of error, without scrolling back up to check why, anything I can add to the code to pause when it hits and error and asks what to do?
I wish to know why, so that I might fix any problem, perhaps
 
I don't think you can get it to pause on error but if you add "/log:filename" after the /e it'll generate a log that you can refer back to.
 
Total Dirs: 637
Coppied: 317
Skipped: 320

It skipped half the directories...?
and wont mention why, anyone have an idea? protected perhaps?
 
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I tried a couple but settled on SyncBackSE there is a free version that works well but one feature I wanted was to back up a data disk on exit. SyncBackSE does this and works fine on my Vista Home Premium x64.

Martin
 
could they have been locked, or no read access to them? (ie another user's files)

where is the folder?
enough space at the destination?
 
Black_adder said:
Not sure if this Is the right place to put it, so feel free to move if neccessary. Thanks.

Im looking for a simple program to Automatically, periodically COPY several files/folders from several locations onto a different HD. I dont want an ISO (or equivilant) image... just that the folders and structure paths to remain the same.
I've looked at several programs, but can only find ones you either have to pay for, or make an image, or cant do multiple locations.

I only want a simple free one really, nothing complicated... I was hopeful about 'SyncToy' from MS, but it doesnt seem to work on my Vista, even though it says it should.

Anyway, anyone knows of anything like this, i'd appreciate it =)
Also, writing my own batch file is an option, if anyone knows how to program the timing for it correctly.

Im running Vista 64 home premium

Thanks

EDIT: It just hit me, a batch file would be perfect! I have no need to use Time codes... windows scheduel would work ><
Dammit, its so simple its stupid!... hehe
Good idea do you think?
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I do it every week Auto using MS Sync Toy 2.0 Beta (needs be Beta if Vista).

I use the Echo Mode as that suits my needs, then just add as a Scheduled Task using Windows Task Schedule Tool or indeed run it Manually through the GUI.

If Im at PC when it runs I simply see a small DOS screen for like 1 second on Screen.


http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/downloads/synctoybeta.aspx

http://lifehacker.com/software/feat...ynchronize-folders-with-synctoy-20-326199.php
 
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bledd. said:
could they have been locked, or no read access to them? (ie another user's files)

where is the folder?
enough space at the destination?
Click to expand...

The entire source is 'My Documents'
And they're all mine, no other users on this computer.
And its backing up to a 1TB HD with about 670GB free, so thats definately not an issue

Ah well, might try MS Sync toy again, Thought I had the newest version, but maybe not.
Thanks for the link Helmet
 
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