BACKING UP C DRIVE

Question

What is the best way to back up your C Drive on a Dimension 2200? It seems like every time I do this I have to go to the screen to COPY from my C Drive to a CD, but since I have so many files in my C Drive, I have to go through and HIGHLIGHT each file by holding down the control button. This gets so time consuming. Is there any way to say I want to back up everything on C Drive without having to HIGHLIGHT each file?

Thanks,

Mark

msil217 · Answer

I use a Batch file (XCOPY)
to backup my files to another partition(which is considered another drive)
In the second Partition, I have a folder with Subfolders, that I back the C:\ drive files to.

The folder in the D: drive is called "Not copied to CD" because I haven't copied them to CD yet. It has subfolders, I call Docs, music, video, flash, etc. When I copy the files to CD, I delete the items in the subfolders.

Here is the batch file I use:

xcopy /D:01-02-04 /v /y "C:\Docume~1\mark\mydocu~1" "D:\Not copied to CD\Docs"
xcopy /D:01-02-04 /v /y "C:\Documents and settings\mark\my documents\my pictures" "D:\Not copied to CD\pics"
xcopy /D:01-02-04 /v /y "C:\Docume~1\mark\mydocu~1\my music" "D:\Not copied to CD\music"

I made this in notepad, then saved it as: "Backup.bat" (without quotes)

The date is optional, it only copies items that were modified on or after the date. Go to command Prompt and type in: xcopy /?

for all the parameters.

jmwills · Answer

First of all, is your Data on that drive also? If, I would suggest creating a new partition and moving that Data over to the new space. That way, you can reinstall the OS without the data. It is true that is the drive fails, everything is gone but since you are already backing up data, you are ahead of the game. I personally use and recommend Partition Magic from Symantec.

If the data is now the the D Drive, it is a simple matter of copying the entire D Drive to a CD or DVD.

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BACKING UP C DRIVE

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