[Keno46]

I am looking for software to create a SIMPLE data backup by copying selected files/folders from our internal hard drive to a backup external hard drive. I have a list of folders that are to be backed up periodically by copying them to the backup drive.
1. Only new files and files that have changed should be copied.
2. Only the most recent copy should be retained, not past generations.
3. The original file extension must be retained.

We run XP Home Edition and I have loaded the Backup Utility for a try, but it does not meet the above criteria.

Thanks for any help you have to offer.

[LincolnSpector]

Hi, Keno, and welcome to the forums.

I believe you could do that with a batch file. I haven't tested it, but I think this command will do it. UNDERLINED text is a variable you'd have to change:

xcopy SOURCE\*.* DESTINATION /s /m /c /y

Lincoln

This post has been edited by LincolnSpector: 07 June 2012 - 08:20 AM

[Keno46]

LincolnSpector, on 07 June 2012 - 08:13 AM, said:

Hi, Keno, and welcome to the forums.

I believe you could do that with a batch file. I haven't tested it, but I think this command will do it. UNDERLINED text is a variable you'd have to change:

xcopy SOURCE\*.* DESTINATION /s /m /c /y

Lincoln

[Keno46]

LincolnSpector:

Thanks for the xcopy tip. Given my low level of expertise I'll have to play around a bit with the XP command prompt, but I think it's doable for me. I have used DOS in the past, so that part of it is not foreign to me - just very rusty.

Thanks again.
Keno

[LiveBrianD]

I use SyncBack Free for that, and I find it works pretty well. (there's no proprietary file format - it just copies them as regular files and folders)