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Does the xcopy command on Windows provide a safe means of backing up data?
I recently backed up the data on my computer, using the xcopy command. I briefly looked through some of my backup files and directories, and they looked the same as the originals. However, I ...
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XCOPY file verification fails on a symbolic link but diff shows now difference between files
I'm performing an xcopy backup of a disk on Windows using the following command line:
xcopy "d:\" "r:\" /v /h /k /e /b /d
I know that the verify switch doesn't do much but a file ...
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How rename files copied via Robocopy if it exist but with different modify date
I'm using Robocopy to copy files from a folder to another, i think my code will overwrite the file if it was existing on the destination folder and the timestamp was different, what im trying to do is ...
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How to schedule a backup for only the new added files?
I'm a Windows user and wondering: how can I do a backup for the files on a specific folder if the files are not older than x days? Or to backup only the newly added/modified files without doing a full ...
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Taking backup of files using XCOPY
I have a file_list where the paths of the source files are saved.
ex:
file_list
-c:\SAY\hello\world.txt
-c:\SAY\hello\New\file.txt
Using for loop i tried copying the files which are in the ...
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How to copy entire folders/directories in command prompt?
My laptop isn’t booting, so I’m running a Windows ISO off a DVD and attempting to backup some files to an external hard drive plugged into the USB via Command Prompt.
With command prompt I can enter ...
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Can't Copy To Network Drive Using XCopy
I'd like to copy the contents of D:\Documents (a folder on a local hard-drive) to Z:\Documents (a folder mapped to a NAS device).
xcopy.exe D:\Documents Z:\Documents /d /s /y
/d - copies all Source ...
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Copying files based on creation/modified date
I have a question about backing up files from the command line. We have a shared folder (stored on one of the computers) in the office containing several thousand files and subfolders. Until now, I've ...
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XCOPY Command options
xcopy command used with option /d only compares the dates of the source and destination files. So if the dates are same it overlooks the time stamp of the files to determine which is newer. This ...
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Use OneDrive as additional backup location
I'm trying to take advantage of the fact that OneDrive now offers unlimited space, and allows these files to not take up space locally. I already have a backup system in place, but I would like to add ...
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Looking for a way to copy a file that does not lock the file being copied
I am aggregating together data that is being generated at a bunch of disparate sources, in a mixed environment of various versions of windows (xp/7) and one linux (centos). The data is available via ...
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Backup Important Windows files to USB drive
A person I know who is not very good with computers wants to have an easy way of backing up important files on Windows, with the ideal process being:
Plug in USB drive
Click on Desktop shortcut
Have ...
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Incremental/Differential Backup on Windows
What's the easiet way to perform an incremental/differential backup to a network share in Windows?
Does a Robocopy/Xcopy solution work reasonably well (I need to the parameters!) or is there a good ...
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