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Nexus is running really slow for me; Is this happening to anyone else?
Topic Started: Sep 20 2009, 09:25 AM (2,791 Views)
JustJoy
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CaptDennyCrane
Sep 21 2009, 07:00 PM
System Restore only handles Windows system files.

My back up method backs up whatever files from whatever directories I instruct to wherever I instruct it to.

I changed where my default MY DOCUMENTS folder is and my default EMAIL STORAGE folders are...D is the source drive, Y is the destination drive, and the slashes with letters are the various parameters I chose.

xcopy /s/r/c/y "D:\webpub\*.*" Y:\webpub\
xcopy /s/r/c/y "D:\Outlook_Email\*.*" Y:\Outlook_Email\
xcopy /s/r/c/y "D:\Docs\*.*" Y:\Docs\
xcopy /s/r/c/y "D:\Visual Studio Projects\*.*" Y:\Visual Studio Projects\
This is an excellent way to do a back up Denny. I tried it myself this morning, but I got the parameters wrong. I see what I did that was incorrect, so I'll try again another day. My husband put a directory on this computer with a ton of files. I have to find out what it is and move it's location. I don't want to have to back it up as well. Then I'll create a batch file to run every so often. Thankfully, I don't really have that much that I need to back up frequently. the most important thing is my pictures. Also, I back up some other files as part of the program that goes with them.

Another concern with wiping the computer would have been all the updates. I have all my original CD's for XP, etc., but I guess after I install those I'd have to run the updates to get the new service paks, etc. Is that right?
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Yes, that is an unfortunate measure of reinstalling.

This is a good detail what the /[n] switches do in XCOPY....
http://www.computerhope.com/xcopyhlp.htm

Are you running Vista or XP? (I always keep forgetting)
Vista has a different upgraded version of XCOPY32 called ROBOCOPY which you'd use pretty much the same way as creating an XCOPY32 batch file, but with different and better command switches that are more robust and intuitive.... some of them will check the dates on files and only copy over the ones that have changed so backups dont take as long.

Here is a list of the ROBOCOPY switches...
http://atlex.nl/tmp/robocopy_switches.txt
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Now in case you arent aware of this, and seeing as how you already pay for support, you might also be interested in a product called Norton GHOST.

You reinstall your O/S, get it updated, reinstall all your software, re do all yuor favorites and settings, move back in all your important files, emails, pictures, etc., Get your machine back into its final necessary configuration, then install GHOST.

Ghost will help you create a image file of your entire PC, save it to/across however many CDs/DVDs that is necessary, and then down the line when things go bad, you can use GHOST to revert your PC back to the condition you had ghosted it to discs - everything installed, all files, everything you had it set up for at that point.

You'd lose anything you hadnt backed up so you should still run backups. The only difference is, your PC comes back with all your files and programs installed - no need to re-register them, running as fast and clean as it did at that time. All you'd have to do is copy over your back up files to keep them up to date, reinstall anything you installed after that initial ghosting, and run any O/S updates and your good to go.

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No matter how hard your day, no matter how tough your choices, how complex your ethical decisions, you always get to choose what you have for lunch.
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JustJoy
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I heard of Ghost. The Data and Systems control person at my husband's company uses it. I also looked at the Microsoft website to get an idea of how XCOPY works and what the various switches do. I have XP. According to one website if I don't enter a date switch, XCOPY will only copy files that changed since the last time I ran it. That's a good thing. I have to get that set up.

The good news is that I really don't run too many programs, so although it would be a pain to reinstall everything, I think it would be somewhat manageable. Stupid Trojans!! :anrey 3:
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joyofvgr
Sep 22 2009, 10:01 AM
I heard of Ghost. The Data and Systems control person at my husband's company uses it. I also looked at the Microsoft website to get an idea of how XCOPY works and what the various switches do. I have XP. According to one website if I don't enter a date switch, XCOPY will only copy files that changed since the last time I ran it. That's a good thing. I have to get that set up.
Its real simple.

First, whatever external device you use for backing up, make sure that it is plugged in and recognized by your system. Next, Map a drive letter to this device.

Open notepad and type in a line item for each directory you want to backup.
Replace "D:\" with your source drive, replace "Y:\" with your mapped destination drive

Example:
xcopy /s/d/r/c/y "D:\webpub\*.*" Y:\webpub\

Save this file as MyBackup.BAT wherever you like

/S...Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones.
/D:m-d-y...Copies files changed on or after specified date. If date not given, copies only files whose source is newer than destination.
/R...Overwrites read-only files.
/C...Continues copying even if errors occur.
/Y...Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.

Double-click it and your backup runs (as long as your destination drive is present)
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Thanks, Denny.

I got it wrong this morning because I was saying XCOPY D\webpub Y: /s/c/r/y

So I got an invalid number of parameters error

I have to add the subdirectory \webpub and the wild card *.* for all the files. Also, you have quotes around the parameters for your source drive and your switches are listed right after the command. Microsoft doesn't show quotes and has the switches listed after the parameters. :confused:
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\webpub is a subdirectory in MY directory structure....you need to use whatever sub directories you wish to backup.

I use quotes because some of my directory names have spaces in them.
My mistake - the switches should be listed after the directoies.

Your error might have been if you were using \webpub as a source directory, if such a directory doesnt exist
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CaptDennyCrane
Sep 22 2009, 02:22 PM
\webpub is a subdirectory in MY directory structure....you need to use whatever sub directories you wish to backup.

I use quotes because some of my directory names have spaces in them.
My mistake - the switches should be listed after the directoies.

Your error might have been if you were using \webpub as a source directory, if such a directory doesnt exist
:lol: No. I was just using your example. :rofl:

The directory I was using was simply My Documents. :lol:
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"My Documents" is an alias which actually exists in:

C:\Documents and Settings\[your_account_login_name]\My Documents\
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No matter how hard your day, no matter how tough your choices, how complex your ethical decisions, you always get to choose what you have for lunch.
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Right. So do I have to use the entire path when using the Xopy command?

Xcopy c:\Documents and Settings\[My Account login name]\My Documents h:\Documents and Settings\[My Account Login Name]\My Documents /s/c/r/y

Where "c" is my source drive and "h" is my destination drive?
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