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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
