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Hey guys,
Im trying to write a batch file that will allow me to backup one of my HDDs in my PC. Im running vista, and i have 2 internal HDDs. One is C: which has the OS and all programs installed on it, and the second internal HDD has all my other gear (music, photos, videos, illustrator files, CAD files, etc).
I recently purchased a 500GB external HDD and have been backing up using vistas utility, but i dont like the way it archives all the data into .zip/.rar files and such. I would like to maintain the directory structure from my internal HDD, and back it up to the external. Another thing is...ive created 2 partitions on my external HDD (one for the PC backup - NTFS - about 300GB, and the other to use as extra storage for my PS3 - FAT32 - about 150GB). I used Paragon Partition Manager to do this and apparently that was a success.
So ive written a batch file as follows:
****************************
xcopy /e /d /v /y F: H:\BackUp\F
pause
***************************
which i got from this site http://www.ahuka.com/backup/backup3.html
i tested the batch file on a single smalled folder from my F: and it worked well. But when i tried to backup my entire F:, which is about 250GB, it runs through the command cycle and appears to complete correctly, but when i look on my Hexternal) there are no files or anything, and 50GB has been used (rather than an expected 250GB)
is there a problem with the batch file? or an issue with the way i have partitioned and formatted the external drive?
or something more sinister...?
any help is much appreciated.
thanks a lot guys.
Im trying to write a batch file that will allow me to backup one of my HDDs in my PC. Im running vista, and i have 2 internal HDDs. One is C: which has the OS and all programs installed on it, and the second internal HDD has all my other gear (music, photos, videos, illustrator files, CAD files, etc).
I recently purchased a 500GB external HDD and have been backing up using vistas utility, but i dont like the way it archives all the data into .zip/.rar files and such. I would like to maintain the directory structure from my internal HDD, and back it up to the external. Another thing is...ive created 2 partitions on my external HDD (one for the PC backup - NTFS - about 300GB, and the other to use as extra storage for my PS3 - FAT32 - about 150GB). I used Paragon Partition Manager to do this and apparently that was a success.
So ive written a batch file as follows:
****************************
xcopy /e /d /v /y F: H:\BackUp\F
pause
***************************
which i got from this site http://www.ahuka.com/backup/backup3.html
i tested the batch file on a single smalled folder from my F: and it worked well. But when i tried to backup my entire F:, which is about 250GB, it runs through the command cycle and appears to complete correctly, but when i look on my Hexternal) there are no files or anything, and 50GB has been used (rather than an expected 250GB)
is there a problem with the batch file? or an issue with the way i have partitioned and formatted the external drive?
or something more sinister...?
any help is much appreciated.
thanks a lot guys.