Loss of data is a big issue associated with
formatting your computer. The
Windows operating system comes with
backup and recovery solutions which can prevent this unexpected problem. For this problem, one can use
incremental back up to save important data in the computer before formatting. The
Backup Utility of
Windows' operating system supports this type of
Incremental back up which saves all files that have changed since the last back up, and prevents data loss. One can launch this file to copy data from the C to D drive by saving the file extension name as
.bat.
Windows] Incremental backup of data with .BAT (Batch)
Use of incremental back up
Incremental back up can be used to save your important data before you format your computer.
- During the first batch launch, all the files and folders are saved and when relaunched after 2-3 weeks, all the changes made are saved
- In the example below the files are copied from the root C to the backup folder on the partition D
- "% USERPROFILE%" is the variable of "Documents and Settings \ username". The switches: "E / H / R / Y / I / D", are used to copy the system 's hidden files.
For more information, open the command
prompt (
cmd.exe) and type xcopy/?
Example
- First, open the notepad and copy:
@echo off
xcopy C:\Docs D:\Backup\Docs /E /H /R /Y /I /D
xcopy "%USERPROFILE%"\Favoris D:\Backup\Favoris /E /H /R /Y /I /D
pause
- Then click on "File > Save as", name the file extension as name.bat (the name is optional) and select file type as all files
- Launch the file to copy the data from C to D
Note: Depending on your needs, you can change the letters of drives in the script
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Last update on February 2, 2012 12:40 PM by Virginia Parsons
