From: Zaidy036@air.isp.spam   
      
   On 3/20/2021 7:19 AM, Terry Pinnell wrote:   
   > Because my regular backup software on this Win 10 PC is suddenly not   
   > working I'd be very grateful if someone could suggest a reliable batch   
   > file I can use until I get it fixed please?   
   >   
   > I could do this in File Explorer but, although I'm no programmer, I   
   > suspect a batch would be quicker and safer?   
   >   
   > I want to copy the entire contents of my OS (SSD) file C: to   
   > D:\2ndCopyCtoDDaily, about 160 GB, preserving all folder names. As the   
   > volumes are large I want to use the existing destination.   
   >   
   > Even better, unless it's too complicated, I'd like to exclude my 50GB   
   > Dropbox folder, C:\Users\Terry\Dropbox\, as I have managed to keep that   
   > working in Second Copy.   
   >   
   > Terry   
   >   
   Make a batch using RoboCopy and specify what to include or exclude. Read   
   the RoboCopy manual available by Google search. Lots of info online for   
   RoboCOpy.   
      
   But your main problem is that a copy in the same machine, even to   
   another HDD, is not a reliable backup but is only a copy. A reliable   
   backup must be to an external device at a physical distance from your   
   machine or even better off site. It also should be disconnected when you   
   are not accessing it, i.e., not reachable from the Internet, so that   
   ransom or other "bad actors" cannot reach it.   
      
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