FWIW, my archiving method relies on a spare hard drive. With drives as cheap as they are, it saves me from having to remember to run the backup, and performs it when I'm not using the system, e.g. 03:00 AM.
I use Windows Task Scheduler and run a batch file that executes one DOS command (Yes, DOS, UGH!). The command looks like this:
xcopy c:\files\*.* e:\files\ /D /E /C /K /Y >> e:\temp\backup.txt
This command copies all files in the c:\files directory and all subdirectories to e:\files\, and appends the results summary to a file. The switches (/D /E /C /K /Y) specify the behavior of the command.
You can read about the functionality of the xcopy command by opening a command prompt window and typing:
xcopy /?
This will list out the command description & the functions of all the switches.
If you've got space on a separate drive, this may be something to consider. |
