Software for saving files

I m looking for good software to save files from my hard disk , not system files but files which I create/modify evry day , this software should be able to save from the directories which I m working on only new or modified files , maybe someone can recomend me for this kind of software.

Thank's

 

From a CMD prompt, you could use XCOPY. It's free, fast, reliable, and you already have it.

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Copies files and directory trees.

XCOPY source [destination] [/A | /M] [/D[:date]] [/P] [/S [/E]] [/V] [/W] [/C] [/I] [/Q] [/F] [/L] [/G] [/H] [/R] [/T] [/U] [/K] [/N] [/O] [/X] [/Y] [/-Y] [/Z] [/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2]+file3]...]

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  source       Specifies the file(s) to copy.
  destination  Specifies the location and/or name of new files.
  /A           Copies only files with the archive attribute set,
               doesn't change the attribute.
  /M           Copies only files with the archive attribute set,
               turns off the archive attribute.
  /D:m-d-y     Copies files changed on or after the specified date.
               If no date is given, copies only those files whose
               source time is newer than the destination time.
  /EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...
               Specifies a list of files containing strings.  Each string
               should be in a separate line in the files.  When any of the
               strings match any part of the absolute path of the file to be
               copied, that file will be excluded from being copied.  For
               example, specifying a string like \obj\ or .obj will exclude
               all files underneath the directory obj or all files with the
               .obj extension respectively.
  /P           Prompts you before creating each destination file.
  /S           Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones.
  /E           Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones.
               Same as /S /E. May be used to modify /T.
  /V           Verifies each new file.
  /W           Prompts you to press a key before copying.
  /C           Continues copying even if errors occur.
  /I           If destination does not exist and copying more than one file,
               assumes that destination must be a directory.
  /Q           Does not display file names while copying.
  /F           Displays full source and destination file names while copying.
  /L           Displays files that would be copied.
  /G           Allows the copying of encrypted files to destination that does
               not support encryption.
  /H           Copies hidden and system files also.
  /R           Overwrites read-only files.
  /T           Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not
               include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes
               empty directories and subdirectories.
  /U           Copies only files that already exist in destination.
  /K           Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only attributes.
  /N           Copies using the generated short names.
  /O           Copies file ownership and ACL information.
  /X           Copies file audit settings (implies /O).
  /Y           Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
               existing destination file.
  /-Y          Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
               existing destination file.
  /Z           Copies networked files in restartable mode.

The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable.
This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line.

 

I created a batch file with a shortcut on my start menu/launchbar to carry out the xcopy method. That way it's very simple.

 

Sorta what I had in mind jdover but maybe run the .bat file via scheduler.

PeteC - not familiar with the utility in your link but my guess is that good old xcopy will do everything it does and maybe a couple it won't.

 

This is my batch file. How would you do it via scheduler? That would be a good idea.

For two backups you would use /a instead of /m of course. Drive 'j' is where it goes on my system.

xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\John\My Documents\*.*" "J:\My Documents\" /s/m/y/c

 

Control panel and scheduled tasks then use the wizard to add a new one. Don't worry about the details of when / how often since it's easier to modify once you have a task set up than to mess with doing it 'just so' when you set it up.

Task Scheduler service does need to be running.

 

Xcopy
1. adding any new ones - Yes
2. deleting those in the backup which no longer exist in the source? - No.

Sounds good but 2. isn't too important really, indeed keeping backups of deleted files can be an advantage don't you think?