From: mark.dean@gmail.com
On Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 3:07:23 PM UTC-4, Terry Pinnell wrote:
> 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.
Windows still ships with built-in backup options, if you are using a third
party backup and it no longer works, then using the built-in one might do the
trick. If the built-in is the one that isn't working then using robocopy's
/backup switch might be
the best bet.
Make sure your user account is a member of the Backup Operators group.
You can use the following switches:
robocopy c:\ d:\ /s /v /z /b /xjd /eta
Which does the following:
/s copies sub-directories even empty ones
/v verbose mode
/z restartable mode
/b backup mode will bypass permissions and allow files to be copied
/xjd excludes data junctions for folders this will keep it from getting caught
in an endless loop with the Documents and Settings legacy data junction and
others
/eta shows eta of current copy operation
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