Comments on: Backing Up Isn’t Hard to Do

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Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:03:34 +0000

[...] or settings. But, if you can access your computer, do a backup first. As I have mentioned before I backup certain directories with all of my important files and my program settings – basically My Documents and Application Data. A downside of repair is that [...]

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Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:14:55 +0000

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By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:01:19 +0000

Try removing \desktopbackup

use

“%drive%\C”

You might also want to just do one drive at a time. Once you get that working add the others.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:55:01 +0000

Same result again.
Current bat file:
@echo off
:: variables
set drive=L:\desktopbackup
set backupcmd=xcopy /s /c /d /e /h /i /r /y

echo ### Backing up C Drive
%backupcmd% “C:\” “%drive%\desktopbackup\C”

echo ### Backing up D Drive
%backupcmd% “D:\” “%drive%\desktopbackup\D”

echo ### Backing up E Drive
%backupcmd% “E:\” “%drive%\desktopbackup\E”

echo Backup Complete!
@pause

Thank you so much for all of the help you’ve been. I just can’t imagine what I’m doing wrong.

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By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:30:15 +0000

@Wesley – Actually it took me a number of attempts to get it just right.

L:\desktopbackup\C – you’ve already defined L:desktopbackup so use

%drive%\C

Also retype all of the doublequotes – if you’ve been copying and pasting extra characters can get in there – there were some strange ones in the last screenshot.

1TB should be fine – I just don’t think it’s necessary to back up everything. Actually, it may not be able to backup certain files that are being used to do the backup.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:23:25 +0000

Okay, it did the same thing again. Current bat file:
@echo off
:: variables
set drive=L:\desktopbackup
set backupcmd=xcopy /s /c /d /e /h /i /r /y

echo ### Backing up C Drive
%backupcmd% “C:\” “L:\desktopbackup\C”

echo ### Backing up D Drive
%backupcmd% “D:\” “L:\desktopbackup\D”

echo ### Backing up E Drive
%backupcmd% “E:\” “L:\desktopbackup\E”

echo Backup Complete!
@pause

You should add “if you’re not an idiot” at the end of that post title.

My back up drive is 1TB so I think that should be plenty. Could that be the problem?

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By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:53:51 +0000

@Carla – This article is for backing up your hard drive, not WordPress. I think with a MAC it’s integrated.

@Wesley – I think we’re almost there. You need to tell each %backupcmd% “C:\”
where to go

%backupcmd% “C:\” “%drive%\cstuff
etc

Also is your backup drive big enough to back up the contents of all three drives? You shouldn’t need to back up the entire hard drive, just parts of it.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:44:04 +0000

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Here’s my current bat file:
@echo off
:: variables
set drive=L:\desktopbackup
set backupcmd=xcopy /s /c /d /e /h /i /r /y

echo ### Backing up C Drive
%backupcmd% “C:\”

echo ### Backing up D Drive
%backupcmd% “D:\”

echo ### Backing up E Drive
%backupcmd% “E:\”

echo Backup Complete!
@pause
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I thought I finally had it. What’s wrong with it now?

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By: Carla

Carla — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:31:38 +0000

OK - I'm really going to have to comb through this carefully! I use a Mac and need to figure out how to translate to that type of platform... Carla´s last blog post - Emperor “Clean Coal” has no clothes

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:53:22 +0000

Sometimes extra characters get added when text is copied and pasted. I frequently have to retype some of it. If you keep having trouble you might want to email me directly and attach the .bat file (you will need to zip it up for the email program to accept it).