From: me@somewhere.invalid   
      
   Grant Taylor  wrote:   
      
   >On 3/20/21 5:19 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?   
   >   
   >It's my understanding that traditional copy / xcopy / robocopy like   
   >commands /can't/ /successfully/ copy a full NT (et al.) system /because/   
   >of files that are /system/ open and / or locked, e.g. the registry /   
   >swap file / SAM DB.   
   >   
   >You can /usually/ successfully copy /usr/ /data/.   
   >   
   >At least that's been my experience when trying to copy a running NT et   
   >al. system.   
      
   OK, thanks both. So I guess I'll just try to manually identify the   
   folders, other than C:\Users\, that carry important (changing) data, and   
   use File Explorer.   
      
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