Hi, The method I use is to "send" a link to the batch file to the desktop and then add the hot key on the object on the desktop.
There are undoubtedly other ways of achieving the same. Regards, John Contact on : (Home) [email protected] or : (work) [email protected] Help raise funds for The Dacorum Talking Newspaper, shop at www.buy.at/dtnhemel -----Original Message----- From: Don Mauck [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 16 June 2010 19:05 To: Robert C; Farley, John [OS-IE]; Raul A. Gallegos; [email protected] Subject: RE: an easy backup I get the batch file that's no problem, I just don't remember how to assign a hotkey to the batch file. -----Original Message----- From: Robert C [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 11:19 AM To: Farley, John [OS-IE]; Raul A. Gallegos; [email protected] Subject: Re: an easy backup I also use a batch file. Not everyone is savvy enough to write a batch file so a ready made solution is required. Many also are not savvy enough to know what and where their data is kept on the hard drive. Quote of the nanosecond. . . Why is the word 'Abbreviation' so long? Robert & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn E-mail- [email protected] Home Page- http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farley, John [OS-IE]" <[email protected]> To: "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 7:48 AM Subject: RE: an easy backup I'm afraid I don't really understand why people seem to want to pay money for a back-up solution, especially when they are going to back their data up to an external hard drive of some sort. I simply use a batch file, with a hot key associated with it, with a series of Copy statements. These will take data from my PC and back them up to the external drive. You can use the /s option to include all sub-directories and the good one is /m which takes all those files waiting for archive, copies them to the external hd and them unsets the archive attribute. They will not be picked up again until they are changed again. On my batch file I end it with the "shutdown" command; I hit the hot key combo and leave the PC to its own devices to shut itself off. >From a dos box use copy /? To see all of the possible options. Using this method the directory structure and files are all the same on your HD as on your PC, making recovery very simple. Regards, John. John Farley *********************************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos Sent: 16 June 2010 15:32 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: an easy backup Don, do I get an Autobot or a Decepticon with the purchase? Also, do I get to pick what vehicle it resembles? I want to make sure my $40 is well spent. *smile*. On 6/12/2010 3:28 PM, Don.s wrote: > This is off topic, but, form many blind users, backup systems are time > consuming, and other problems. Here is a web page that will give you > info on a very low cost way to do your backups. > It is called clickfree.com. > As low as about $40.00, you can purchase a transformer and use your own > external hard drive or purchase a hard drive with all the software > installed. -- Raul A. Gallegos GW Micro Technical Support And Product Specialist Voice 260-489-3671, Fax 260-489-2608 Web http://www.gwmicro.com If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. 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