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From: Pegasus [MVP] on 24 Apr 2010 13:35


"Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> In news:%23bPNbDz4KHA.620(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
> Pegasus [MVP] <news(a)microsoft.com> typed:
>> "FrankEdwards" <no(a)frank.here> wrote in message
>> news:op.vbmurnheq6rutr@----------.wp.shawcable.net...
>>> I'm getting an error when I try to schedule a backup
>>> system every day at a certain time. (0x8070005)
>>> I'm using an Admin account. ???
>>>
>>> Is there any software that can backup files without
>>> changing them into a backup format?
>>> If I have 1000 files in 100 folders I'd like to see 1000
>>> files in 100 folders in the backup location.
>>> Does any backup software do this?
>>> And it would have to be done incrementally so you're not
>>> backing up the same thing over and over for nothing.
>>
>> Try robocopy.exe. Works great, does all of the above.
>
> Good app; but it won't back up files that are "in use", meaning the
> operating system can't be backed up with it.

It helps mentioning this requirement in the first place. Hobocopy
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/wangdera/files/HoboCopy/) can back up files
that are in use. Its syntax is similar to robocopy's although its
instruction set is not a rich.

From: Twayne on 24 Apr 2010 19:33
In news:u0bcBS94KHA.1424(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl,
Pegasus [MVP] <news(a)microsoft.com> typed:
> "Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:uvvYjy84KHA.4740(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> In news:%23bPNbDz4KHA.620(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
>> Pegasus [MVP] <news(a)microsoft.com> typed:
>>> "FrankEdwards" <no(a)frank.here> wrote in message
>>> news:op.vbmurnheq6rutr@----------.wp.shawcable.net...
>>>> I'm getting an error when I try to schedule a backup
>>>> system every day at a certain time. (0x8070005)
>>>> I'm using an Admin account. ???
>>>>
>>>> Is there any software that can backup files without
>>>> changing them into a backup format?
>>>> If I have 1000 files in 100 folders I'd like to see 1000
>>>> files in 100 folders in the backup location.
>>>> Does any backup software do this?
>>>> And it would have to be done incrementally so you're not
>>>> backing up the same thing over and over for nothing.
>>>
>>> Try robocopy.exe. Works great, does all of the above.
>>
>> Good app; but it won't back up files that are "in use",
>> meaning the operating system can't be backed up with it.
>
> It helps mentioning this requirement in the first place.
> Hobocopy
> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/wangdera/files/HoboCopy/)
> can back up files that are in use. Its syntax is similar to
> robocopy's although its instruction set is not a rich.

Hmm, that's a new one to me; I'll have to look that over.

Thanks,

Twayne


From: FrankEdwards on 26 Apr 2010 10:01
>>> Is there any software that can backup files without
>>> changing them into a backup format?
>>> If I have 1000 files in 100 folders I'd like to see 1000
>>> files in 100 folders in the backup location.
>>> Does any backup software do this?
>>
>> I have used the free app from www.xxcopy.com for 10 years
>> and still prefer it. It offers dozens of parameters for
>> detailed application and its /clone parm works well.
>
> To do what you want though requires a "copy" function, not backup or
> imaging. Then again, ANY of the backup/imaging programs let you see the
> individual folders and files in Restore mode or even in Backup mode.

But it will take a lot of time to restore multi-gig files right?
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