June 7, 2008

Directory differential backup using xcopy

Xcopy builtin Windows 2000/XP provides a great way to back up your files conveniently. Just use the command:

xcopy SRC_DIR DEST_DIR /d/e/v/c/r/y/h/i

(remember the option as dev-cry-hi)

This does incremental backup, i.e. it only copy newer files to the destination directory. It is blazingly fast!!

Now you just don't have any excuses not to back up files.
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous2/08/2009 10:04 AM

    Thanks!
    It is exactly what i was looking for... The seven link in google, after seeking "windows incremental backup using xcopy".

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  2. Anonymous12/08/2010 1:30 AM

    likewise, very simple way to do exactly what I need, thanks!

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  3. Anonymous7/20/2012 9:27 AM

    Thanks for the tip..keep it up:)

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  4. Anonymous7/20/2012 10:20 AM

    Your memory device (dev cry hi) has kept me from looking this up every time I need to throw together a backup script for windows. Thanks!

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  5. Anonymous8/01/2012 2:13 AM

    Very practical memory device;) vary smart! thanks

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