Comments on: Create a Windows Daily Backup Script

By: Ron Tadle Jr.

Ron Tadle Jr. — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:14:04 +0000

john ward you are the best here

keep up the good works

thanks

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:51:58 +0000

Hey John,

This tutorial was very helpful. I am working on getting a back up scheduled and running it as a batch file might actually work. One question I have those is that the folder that I am attempting to back up is buried deep into some folders. Am I able to write it so that it copies automatically just that file or do I have to do the long string of A folder to B folder to C folder etc?

By: Zaldy

Zaldy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:03:13 +0000

very easy to follow tutorials, thanks for this, i will implement it right now to my computer

By: PSP Go

PSP Go — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:09:15 +0000

This has been really helpful. I have been using it ever since. Thanks.

By: Love Graphics

Love Graphics — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:57:07 +0000

I think this is valuable to anyone running windows, because of course it fails so much. Thank you.

By: Buy PSP Go

Buy PSP Go — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:51:55 +0000

Awesome tutorial, I always converted my bat to an exe then added it to start up as I didn’t realize there was a scheduled task feature.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:41:29 +0000

Pawandeep, I had the same trouble. Tried differentcommands for hours until I came across your post. Thank you thank you!!!

By: Jim Barbera

Jim Barbera — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:14:28 +0000

You can copy folders with spaces in the names. You just have to use the folder’s MS-DOS name in your command lines.

Examples:

My Documents = MYDOCU~1
Program Files = PROGRA~1
Application Data = APPLIC~1

To find the MS-DOS name, you’ll need to open a command prompt window and navigate to the folder using the dir /X and cd commands. Maybe there’s a better way, but this is what I do.

-Jim

By: Pawandeep Singh

Pawandeep Singh — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:01:45 +0000

I have found that, if you are trying to copy a folder that has space in name (Example: Documents and Settings), then this script will not work.
To make it work:
You will have put quotation mark on both ends of folder’s address.
Example:
xcopy “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\*” “\\server\admin\Backup\Hp-Desktop\%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%_backup\*” /Y /Q /S
This script working perfectly on my pc, and I hope it will work on your too.

By: Pawandeep Singh

Pawandeep Singh — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:59:49 +0000

Hi Everyone,
I have found that, if you are trying to copy a folder that has space in name (Example: Documents and Settings), then this script will not work.
To make it work:
You will have put quotation mark on both ends of folder’s address.
Example:
xcopy “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\*” “\\server\admin\Backup\Hp-Desktop\%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%_backup\*” /Y /Q /S
This script working perfectly on my pc, and I hope it will work on your too.