>I use RoboCopy for things like this.
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>You can backup or mirror any single directory or entire tree. I often backup certain designated directories with a batch file like so...
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>ROBOCOPY C:\ThisFolder E:\MyPC\ThisFolder /MIR /R:5 /W:1 /NP /LOG:C:\Backup_MyPC.Log
>ROBOCOPY C:\ThatFolder E:\MyPC\ThatFolder /MIR /R:5 /W:1 /NP /LOG+:C:\Backup_MyPC.Log
>ROBOCOPY C:\TheOtherFolder E:\MyPC\TheOtherFolder /MIR /R:5 /W:1 /NP /LOG+:C:\Backup_MyPC.Log
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>Or you can also backup an entire PC like so...
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>ROBOCOPY C:\ E:\MyPC\C_Drive\ /MIR /R:5 /W:1 /NP /XF pagefile.sys /LOG:C:\Backup_MyPC.Log
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>The examples above use the mirroring switch. This copies only the files that have changed. It's also important to understand that if a file is opened, it will not be copied/mirrored. When I backup a PC that has MS SQL Server installed, I also add some lines to the batch file to stop and restart the SQL services, such as...
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>NET MSSQLSERVER STOP
>NET SQLAGENT STOP
>...
>...
>...
>NET MSSQLSERVER START
>NET SQLAGENT START
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>That makes sure the SQL databases are also copied.
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>To explain the switches I often use...
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>/MIR - mirror the source to the target; copy anything new; delete anything on the target that is not on the source.
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>/R:5 - retry any file up to 5 times if you hit an error (such as file open, etc)
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>/W:1 - wait 1 second between retries
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>/NP - no progress indicator, (such as % copied, etc)
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>/XF - exclude file (list any files you don't want copied/mirrored)
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>/LOG: - Filename (if you want a log file written)
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>Notice also in the first example above, how the + is used in the /LOG: switch to append to the log instead of creating a new log file with each subsequent ROBOCOPY command.
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>And lastly, if you have spaces in the directory structure that you're specifying, use quotes for the path names like so.
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>ROBOCOPY "C:\Program Files\My Important Folder" "E:\MyPC\Program Files\My Important Folder" /MIR /R:5 /W:1 /NP /LOG:C:\Backup_MyPC.Log

Thanks, this is exactly what I need. I will try all that this week.