True about the deleted files but with hard drive sizes these days, its not too significant for small businesses , other than if you ever have to restore, those deleted files will still be there - but the new backup set idea is a good one too
-----Original Message----- From: Matt Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 7:22 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: OT: Backup solution for small business? On 8/25/05, Tim Laureska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One other option Dirk.... just build a DOS based backup .bat script I did that for years before I switched to SyncBack. Run something like this for each drive: q: cd\ d: cd d:\backup\q xcopy q:*.* /s /e /c /r /y /d cd\ The first time you run it the thing takes forever cuz its copying *everything*. Subsequent runs 'freshen' the existing backup. The drawback to doing a DOS-based backup, though, is the above will not account for deleted files. The deleted files slowly accumulate on the backup and waste more and more space. My solution at the time was to, periodically, bite the bullet and make a completely new backup set rather than freshening the old one. Definitely not the same as a true file synch, now that I'm doing that these days. -- --mattRobertson-- Janitor, MSB Web Systems mysecretbase.com <http://mysecretbase.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:216446 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
