[DUG] Disk Image backups

[Conor Boyd]

I use command line PKZip for this sort of thing so that I get compressed
backups too.  Set up a couple of scheduled tasks for backing up critical
folders, etc.

Then I use Microsoft's SyncToy power toy to sync my backup folder
containing those zips on my hard drive with an external USB hard disk,
and then carry that around with me.

HTH,

Conor

-----Original Message-----
From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz]
On Behalf Of John Bird

Another excellent tool for folder and file backups is XXCOPY a superset
of the XCOPY command from a manufacturer of Tape backup software. This
is great for fast incremental backups of folder trees from one place to
another.
100's of options - eg I have a batch file with a whole lot of lines
backing up many folders, for example

ECHO UTILS
XXCOPY D:\UTILS K:\UTILS /S/DA/FF10/Q1/ZS/YY

/S	recursive subdirectories
/DA	only files with later modification date than destination and
also
new files
/FF10  Fuzzy file time -files within 10 seconds are considered same
(needed for copying eg NTFS to FAT32 where
      file times will change on arrival because of file system time
granularity or rounding)
/Q1	don't list files that are skipped
/ZS	no statistics at end
/YY	answer yes to almost all questions

Command line version is freeware, also a pro version see www.xxcopy.com

John


-----Original Message-----
From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz]
On Behalf Of Stephen Barker

> Another good backup idea are to zip up critical files being worked on 
> and email them to your gmail account.  Offsite without getting out of 
> your chair...
> 

Better still - they now have Gmail Drive - a couple of gigs free storage
which shows up as a drive in My Computer - drag and drop files etc.

BTW for imaging I use DriveImage which used to be from PowerQuest but I
notice Norton own it now. It doesn't require booting from DOS to do
backups, supports DVD, and has FreeDos booting capability from floppy or
CD - very useful for partition copying when upgrading to a larger hdd.