Hi, Hopefully this is a very easy question but I've spent 3 hours trying to work it out so far and so thought I would admit my incompentence and ask for help. ...
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Virg
nilmotvj
Oct 1, 2010 6:59 pm
From: "newnewdaveyb" <happychap@...> ... You didn't show your command line, David, but I suspect that you've left off the trailing dash for the...
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newnewdaveyb
Oct 1, 2010 8:14 pm
... Hi Virg, I've tried it with & without the trailing backslash and it doesn't make any difference. I've tried several commands to make this work, but even a...
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meirman@...
meirrman
Oct 1, 2010 8:42 pm
... This is why I don't make up names with spaces in them. So I don't have to use quotes. ... What do you mean by your first "it"? Below you don't use the...
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newnewdaveyb
Oct 1, 2010 9:18 pm
Thanks for replying meirman. ... Yes, I appreciate if I used underscores or something I could avoid the quotes but I don't find them particularly difficult to...
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Roy Lipscomb
lipscombr
Oct 1, 2010 9:47 pm
Do XXCOPY and XXCLONE work under Windows 7? Regards, Roy...
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meirman@...
meirrman
Oct 1, 2010 9:54 pm
... There's a big difference between copying a file and copying a directory of files. Not only that, this is a file at the root level. Try copy ...
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Roy Lipscomb
lipscombr
Oct 1, 2010 10:11 pm
I tried your command (with one change: I used "C:" as source drive, because "O:" on my system is a CD drive): xxcopy "c:\Picnic Photos\" "w:\Old...
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Dan Anderson
dan_happen
Oct 1, 2010 11:09 pm
Roy, I think the answer is yes for xxcopy and no for xxclone. You can check out their websites for specifics. ... From: Roy Lipscomb To:...
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Roy Lipscomb
lipscombr
Oct 1, 2010 11:49 pm
The Pixilab websites are inconclusive about the answer to the question, "Do XXCOPY and XXCLONE work under Windows 7?" * XXCOPY says "Supports all Windows...
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Dan Anderson
dan_happen
Oct 2, 2010 12:26 am
Apologies Roy. I shouldn't have commented off the cuff on xxcopy. I thought this was coming through on the xxclone discussion forum and should have...
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Roy Lipscomb
lipscombr
Oct 2, 2010 12:46 am
I couldn't find the forum for xxclone when I searched yahoogroups. Thanks to the CC line on your email, I now see that the form is at xxclone@googlegroups.com ...
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garrydeane
Oct 2, 2010 1:25 am
... I'll start this as a new answer even though you've already received part of the info required. If you want to copy a directory to a specific location, you...
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Bob Frost
bobfrost...
Oct 2, 2010 7:34 am
?> BTW, Virg quoted your original post, but when you quoted Virg, you ... Most lists ask you to trim posts. I don't read most of your because they are far too...
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R Vatsyayana
r_vatsyayana
Oct 2, 2010 11:46 am
My OS is WIN7 and I would like to know what directories I should exclude. Do you have any typical recommendation? Thanx/RV -- R Vatsyayana [Non-text portions...
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newnewdaveyb
Oct 2, 2010 12:08 pm
... Gary, I think we'd all agree that's an absolutely stonking answer. Seriously, that's one of the most comprehensive, insightful answers I've received from a...
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newnewdaveyb
Oct 2, 2010 12:15 pm
... Thanks for replying Roy and yes, but it didn't copy the directory (hence the timestamp was lost) it merely created a new directory of the same name....
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Brigid
bcool86260
Oct 2, 2010 1:02 pm
I run a regular backup to an external harddrive (D into directory A) using the following: D:\A\xxcopy c:\*.* /s /c /h /z /bi /ff /yy It works just fine for my...
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newnewdaveyb
Oct 2, 2010 1:28 pm
... Hi Brigid, When you say "external hard drive" is this a 'dumb' hard drive or is it something a little bit cleverer like a NAS device? The reason for asking...
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Brigid
bcool86260
Oct 2, 2010 2:54 pm
Hi David, OOer no idea! I never heard of NAS before. It's a Western Digital "My Book" 1TB USB. It did come with some software but I've never used it - I have...
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john041650
Oct 2, 2010 8:10 pm
... I have no idea how the time change works in Egypt but here in the USA where I live daylight savings time toggles on/off twice a year in most states. When...
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meirman@...
meirrman
Oct 2, 2010 8:41 pm
... LOL I read this whole thread, and then tonight ran xxcopy /clone on my XP partition, and happened to notice System Volume Information files going by. for...
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Brigid
bcool86260
Oct 2, 2010 9:02 pm
Fab - that seems to be working :) Just running a backup on my backup backup hard drive (Freecom) to test it out. Not that I'm paranoid you understand ;) but I...
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meirman@...
meirrman
Oct 2, 2010 9:36 pm
... Maybe I'll eventually combine my exclude files into one, but now I have separate .bat files for each backup, and separate exclude files. So is it okay if I...
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Brigid
bcool86260
Oct 2, 2010 9:45 pm
PS I guess this means that for anything very recent, I need to do a separate one maybe using a /da otherwise if I make big changes on say a Word document or...
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meirman@...
meirrman
Oct 3, 2010 12:54 am
I added new items to the Exclude file, and I figured running xxcopy /clone /x:exfilename would delete the ones that are already in the destination. But it...
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john041650
Oct 3, 2010 1:24 am
... Because when /clone deletes files from the destination it doesn't take into consideration what the exclusions were, it only compares the actual existence...
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john041650
Oct 3, 2010 1:26 am
This is true, however FWIW when I make really important changes to a file within one hour of it being backed up, I always do a special backup for that file...
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garrydeane
Oct 3, 2010 5:25 am
... "/clone /x:exfilename" Is this a typo? You should use /ex:exfilename when using an exclusion file list. Use /x:<pattern> for individual excluded items. ...
