Re: computer backup question


Jay Furr wrote:
"Mercellus Bohren" <mercellusb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Jay Furr wrote:
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Jay Furr wrote:
"Mercellus Bohren" <mercellusb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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1) So, basically, is there a very simple backup utility that is
clean and simple, with low overhead, that doesn't try to
reconfigure both my primary system and only configures the
backup USB drive as needed simply to backup files, then auto
backup new and changed files?

The DOS command "xcopy" can do that, bro.

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Would you use the following command option (with the overwrite
command option) to copy updated versions of files and also new
files each time you run xcopy?

/d[:mm-dd-yyyy] : Copies source files changed on or after the
specified date only. If you do not include a mm-dd-yyyy value,
xcopy copies all Source files that are newer than existing
Destination files. This command-line option allows you to update
files that have changed.

And, I'm assuming this can be scripted to run as an automated
process once a month, etc.?

Sure. Windows has the Task Scheduler service. And you can schedule
a batch file.

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Thanks for the information.

Any knowledge of partitioning the backup USB drive to be a backup
device for both mac OSX and Windows XP files? I've found this site,
and may mess around with some of their ideas.

http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/backup/topic4080.html#feb25

Regrettably, I know nothing about the filesystem used by Macs. Never
had to learn it.

From the Intarweb:

"For dual platform (PC/Mac) use, I recommend formatting the flash drive
using FAT on a PC then inserting it in a Mac and using Disk Utility to
create a Read/Write Macintosh HFS+ disk image file on the FAT formatted
disk. When you use the drive on a PC, just copy files to and from the
FAT formatted drive. On a Mac, mount the Macintosh disk image and then
copy your files to and from that. In this way, each OS gets a native
file system to work with and you have no issues with lost resource
forks or file naming weirdness."

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