MsOsWin
Sun Oct 01 15:41:04 CDT 2006
in 2004 (2003?), i tried a few freeware backup: mob, polder and a few lesser known. not
right for me. cobian 5 was the best
there are already some newer archivers/backup freeware.
recently, i wanted to find a sample script or batch for 7-zip (the overnight strategy), but
han'vet found that yet. meanwhile, i just donwloaded myzippa because (i read that) it
selects subfolders and auto-creates zip filenames based on folder name. seems very
conveninet.
but, i hanvet tried it yet.
TomV <t@nospam.net> in news:OVgMYwN5GHA.2144@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:
> Hi, Mart,
>
> I've read some good things along the way about Cobian Backup
> (especially as a freeware offering). I have it installed, and the
> feature set is fairly impressive. I've been using PowerQuest
> DataKeeper for backups to another hard disk, and I've not tried Cobian
> yet. It seems though that it would more than meet the need of the OP.
> Tom
>
i'm using cb (cobian) to backup to external drive.
i'm using cb ver6, because 7 wasn't working right, but i haven't checked the current/last
build for months.
cb's "tasks" take awhile to setup, depending on how far you want to breakdown subfolders.
i'd recommend at first: tediously creating tasks and Lst files from the cobian program ("
user interface")
then shutdown cb, and with text editor, paste the list of excluded files, into each task:
example:
Exclude files=desktop.ini,thumbs.db,*.bak,*.tmp,*.wbk,*.xlb
why? because if you view images with windows "thumbnails", you'll create large thumbs.db
files (hidden). and wbk (word DOC backup files) usually would be a waste to backup
(you can also avoid creating thumbs.db, if view using irfanview or other freeware instead of
windows thumbnail view)
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I gave up on incremental etc type backups. too time consuming to verify it's working, and
apparently need to restore in sequence. conclusion: too much complication for amateur
home user.
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cb can be run from batch file, for the overnight strategy.
two lines should be good enough for testing on small folders until you like the result.
sample lines:
Start /wait C:\Programs\CobiBak\CobBU.exe "-
list:C:\Programs\CobiBak\DB\YourListfile.lst" -bu -autoclose
Start /wait C:\Programs\CobiBak\CobBU.exe "-
list:C:\Programs\CobiBak\DB\YourListfile2.lst" -bu -autoclose
check the syntax in the cb help file. i changed windows install folder to a shorter name
than the moronic "program files", so i don't normally deal with whether double quoting is
necessary.
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with huge folders of jpg's, there may be problems with maximum size filesize (zip) with
winme, or bios??
for other jpg management reasons, i've divided my image subfolders alphabetically, so i
havent seen any filesize errors (i don't know what a filesize error would say. cobian error
sentences can be cryptic, but you can search or post at his forums).
> Mart wrote:
>> Certainly sounds like good value <g>
>>
>> Not tried it myself Tom, so don't know if the points raised in my
>> reply to HL (elsewhere in the thread) are valid but maybe worth a
>> look.
IIRC, neither win9x msbackup nor ntbackup can back to cds or external drives. otherwise
i'd be using them. i liked them when i had win3, win95. ms bought the program from
someone else
http://www.google.com/search?q=msbackup+bought++Central+Point+