In part 1, I covered how to use robocopy, which is part of Windows Vista. Now we’ll use that knowledge to create a scheduled task and have regular backups.
Using Vista, you’ll want to run Task Scheduler (try pressing the windows key and typing this in, it should appear pretty swiftly). You’ll probably need to press [...]
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Vista backup with Robocopy – Part 2
Posted in Vista, backup, tagged backup, robocopy, Vista on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Vista backup with Robocopy – Part 1
Posted in Vista, backup, tagged backup, robocopy, Vista on September 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Putting all of this together, we can now run robocopy “C:\Users\MyUser\Pictures” “G:\MyBackup\Pictures” /MIR /XJD /R:5 /W:15 and it will backup my Pictures folder.
Robocopy exit codes
Posted in Vista, backup, tagged backup, code, exit, robocopy on September 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Robocopy is a great tool for copying files and is built into Vista. As a reference here is some information on the exit codes (not error codes – they provide information about what the program did), from http://kerpau.net/robocopy-exit-codes/
The return code from Robocopy is a bit map, defined as follows:
Hex Bit Value Decimal Value Meaning If [...]
