/backup-scripts

Scripts to backup Windows machine using xcopy

Primary LanguageBatchfile

File Backup Scripts

This is a collection of scripts for backing up a Windows machine to an external hard drive.

Preparing a new backup drive

  • Connect new drive.
  • Open windows shell and cd to the folder where the backups will reside. This is usually the root of the new drive.
  • From that directory, run scripts\prepare.cmd.
    • This will create a folder named backups and copy over some scripts and this README.md file.

Preparing a backup

  • Edit the backups\scripts\backup.cmd file on the new drive to add the list of folders to back up. For each folder to back up:
    • Let SOURCE equal the path to the folder to back up.
    • Let DEST be the name of a folder in the \backups directory where the backups and logs should be written.
    • Add the line
    call backup-one-folder.cmd SOURCE DEST

Running a backup

  • Run backups\scripts\backup.cmd.
  • This will use xcopy to backup each folder to backups\folders\DEST.
  • It will write a timestamped log file to backups\logs\DEST.