ROBOCOPY - Create Backup Script

i hope my prayers come true and someone can help me create a backup script, also shows the users how many % is it doing,
actually i want to copy the users documents, and pictures and outlook PST files to different Partition,
thank you so much

Golden said:

Hi jamerson,

No worries. Can you provide some more information about users/paths/file/etc. and I'll write one for you?

Regards,
Golden

Thank you So much,
is it possibly to back up the whole C:\Users\James or it gonna take long time?
actually i don't need the whole folder only the importants one where windows saves document or pictures,
here are the Paths and want them to be saved to W:\Backup folder
C:\Users\James\Desktop
C:\Users\James\Favorites
C:\Users\James\Pictures
C:\Users\James\Documents
C:\Users\James\Music
C:\Users\James\Videos
C:\Users\JamesAppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
also i want outlook PST folder to be backed up which is on the Apps folder,so i added the path too,

once again much appreciate your support

Golden said:

No problem James. Can you tell me the driver letter of the partition you want to backup too?

The time for backup depends on how large the folders are. If its very large, then initially the backup takes as long as it would if you used a straightforward Windows copy command, but we can use the 'mirror' facility of robocopy so that subsequent backups only copy recent files (new files or changes to existing files), whic means it will be quicker.

*EDIT : I see you mentioned W: so thats OK. I'll post back in a few minutes with the .BAT file.

Thank you So much Golden, really appreciated,
the script you gonna make, it gonna show the process as well?

Golden said:

jamerson said:

Golden said:

No problem James. Can you tell me the driver letter of the partition you want to backup too?

The time for backup depends on how large the folders are. If its very large, then initially the backup takes as long as it would if you used a straightforward Windows copy command, but we can use the 'mirror' facility of robocopy so that subsequent backups only copy recent files (new files or changes to existing files), whic means it will be quicker.

*EDIT : I see you mentioned W: so thats OK. I'll post back in a few minutes with the .BAT file.

Thank you So much Golden, really appreciated,
the script you gonna make, it gonna show the process as well?

Yes, it will show progress.

Thank you so much, i am waiting for your script, really much appreciate it

Golden said:

Hi,

OK. Here it is.

Instructions:
1. Download the attached .bat file, and save it to your desktop

jamerson.bat

2. Ensure OUTLOOK has been closed before running this BAT file
3. Right-click on the BAT file and choose Run as Administrator
4. If prompted by UAC, click YES
5. The BAT file will now run

It will copy everything under \\James (incl. folders) to W:\Backup. It will also copy everything under \\Outlook to W:\Backup. It will shows the progress on the screen, and also create a file called backup_log.txt on your desktop which you can open using NotePad to view the history of the backup.

At this stage, I haven't used the /mir switch - we can do that once you have seen how the BAT works, and are happy with it. Once you have run it, place a copy of the backup_log.txt file so I can check that it worked correctly.

Regards,
Golden

Thank you so much,
this script gonna works with Windows scheduele? and will use Admin access if i add it to the windows scheduele?
Edit: I tried the script somehow it can't read or copy the files located on AppData/Microsoft/Outlook
i used the script with admin right!