Like to Create data backups From CMD command can i ?

ignatzatsonic said:

I haven't used that program in 3 or 4 years and when I did I didn't use the command line.

So I can't help you with that.

Not sure why you would insist on command line backup.

Just trying some thing new and easy

i already use Acronis boot from CD
but i figured it would be much easer if i just set a command line

any way it was a try

essenbe said:

Take a look at Robocopy. This is from sevenforums but works exactly the same on Windows 10 ROBOCOPY - Create Backup Script - Windows 7 Help Forums

Ok Found it Many thanks now im set

MadPaxx said:

thank you for your help
but its not the program i cant handle
it me not understanding the cmd command

if u can give me an example i will do the same Just replace C source and D destination

This is what I use. There are probably better ways to do it, but this works for me. It makes a duplicate copy of my data files in a folder on my external drive, or wherever you choose to put it. The first time you run it, everything will be copied. Each time you run it after that, it will delete any files you delete from your data and add any files you add to your data. It will also copy and changes you make to a document or a folder. It takes a while the first time you run it. After that, it only does the changes which is usually very quick, depending on how often you run it and how many changes you made.

e = copy all subfolders
mir= Mirror. Make the backup folder exactly the same as the data folder
np just means no progress counter
tee means to show the results in the cmd window and the log it creates.
log:backup_log.txt only means to name the backup log file backup_Log

E:/Users is my data, the source file
W:/Robocopy is the destination folder I created on an external hard drive

This is the command robocopy E:\users W:\Robocopy /e /mir /np /tee /log:backup_log.txt

I have a very simple batch file that I can just click and the backup runs.

Code:

echo
robocopy E:\users W:\Robocopy /e /mir /np /tee /log:backup_log.txt
pause

I think I got all of that right.

You could also use an imaging program, like free Macrium. It will create an image file of your data. You can mount the image file and go through it or copy/paste file from it. In the event of a serious failure, you can restore the entire image all at one time.

essenbe said:

This is what I use. There are probably better ways to do it, but this works for me. It makes a duplicate copy of my data files in a folder on my external drive, or wherever you choose to put it. The first time you run it, everything will be copied. Each time you run it after that, it will delete any files you delete from your data and add any files you add to your data. It will also copy and changes you make to a document or a folder. It takes a while the first time you run it. After that, it only does the changes which is usually very quick, depending on how often you run it and how many changes you made.

e = copy all subfolders
mir= Mirror. Make the backup folder exactly the same as the data folder
np just means no progress counter
tee means to show the results in the cmd window and the log it creates.
log:backup_log.txt only means to name the backup log file backup_Log

E:/Users is my data, the source file
W:/Robocopy is the destination folder I created on an external hard drive

This is the command robocopy E:\users W:\Robocopy /e /mir /np /tee /log:backup_log.txt

I have a very simple batch file that I can just click and the backup runs.

Code:

echo
robocopy E:\users W:\Robocopy /e /mir /np /tee /log:backup_log.txt
pause

I think I got all of that right.

You could also use an imaging program, like free Macrium. It will create an image file of your data. You can mount the image file and go through it or copy/paste file from it. In the event of a serious failure, you can restore the entire image all at one time.

Great Info
many thanks

Just another fast one

this is what i was dying to remember yesterday

Found it



How do you copy files from one drive to another drive?

MadPaxx said:

this is what i was dying to remember yesterday

Found it

XCOPY was a welcome addition to DOS 3.2 in 1986 and I've been using it ever since. The /S /E options are particularly useful as it will recreate the entire directory tree on the destination. You may have missed it, but I did mention Xcopy in post #5.

RoboCopy is more powerful and can do far more than Xcopy, but for a simple copy of files/folders to another place they both work.

Bree said:

XCOPY was a welcome addition to DOS 3.2 in 1986 and I've been using it ever since. The /S /E options are particularly useful as it will recreate the entire directory tree on the destination. You may have missed it, but I did mention Xcopy in post #5.
RoboCopy is more powerful and can do far more than Xcopy, but for a simple copy of files/folders to another place they both work.

Pity i missed the The /S /E options

they did not mention that on the site

so next time

Still have one more question that no one has asked

Now i have C backed up how do i use it to recover windows if i need to ?
Any Help

many thanks