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Using Shadow Copy with Robocopy

By DataHamster | 2018-04-06 - 17:04 |2019-01-27 Programming, scripting and batch files, Software
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In my previous post I presented a batch file that uses robocopy to make mirror backups of local files to a NAS. In this post, I will build upon that to add Volume Shadow Copy functionality in order to copy locked files.

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Using Robocopy to create a Windows backup

By DataHamster | 2018-03-30 - 17:47 |2018-04-06 Programming, scripting and batch files, Software
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I wanted to create a regular incremental backup of my local files on my Windows box, and copy them to a NAS. I ended up using robocopy, a batch file, and the Windows scheduler to achieve this. Read on to see how.  

Tagged backup, batch, batch file, batch files, cmd, robocopy, scripting, windows
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