Scheduling a Windows task with Drive Image.

[babac]

Hi everyone,
I'm trying to schedule a backup task with Drive Image and I noticed it does not launch at all.
The backup itself is an image of my C drive to my I drive.
In the Run field of the task wizard ,I pasted the following command lines ,which are those needed to launch the scheduler,according to my understanding: "C:\Program Files\Runtime Software\DriveImage XML\dixml.exe"/bc /t''I:\Drive image Backup\drive_c''

Obviously ,I miss something.
Thank you.

[babac]

Hi,
Here's a screenshot of a Drive Image tutorial on creating a scheduled task to backup the OS.
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/9...heduleref6.jpg

Thank you.

[pandlouk]

What exactly is the problem?

You cannot configure the scheduler or the schedule is not executed?

If you do not have a password on your admin account the schedule will not run.
If you have a password and still have a problem it could be related with the DOS names of the directories.

Panagiotis

[babac]

Hi pandlouk,
When I double click my bat file, The Drive Image software opens up but the scheduled task is not launched.
Thank you for your interest.

[pandlouk]

Originally Posted by babac

Hi pandlouk,
When I double click my bat file, The Drive Image software opens up but the scheduled task is not launched.
Thank you for your interest.

Hmm, the destination folder is already created? Drive image will fail if the destination folder does not exist.

Could you a post some images of the various steps?


Panagiotis

Edit:
I found where is the problem. Change the command line to the following:
"C:\Program Files\Runtime Software\DriveImage XML\dixml.exe" /bC /tI:\Drive image Backup\drive_c

Now it should work fine.
The same as above but with the fast compression enabled
"C:\Program Files\Runtime Software\DriveImage XML\dixml.exe" /bC /c1 /tI:\Drive image Backup\drive_c

[babac]

Hi pandlouk,
Just great .It works.
Can you tell me how you came up with this solution.In Drive Image explanations,I do not see anything that mentions that.
I'm intrigued, to say the least.
Thank you so much.

[pandlouk]

Originally Posted by babac

Hi pandlouk,
Just great .It works.
Can you tell me how you came up with this solution.In Drive Image explanations,I do not see anything that mentions that.
I'm intrigued, to say the least.
Thank you so much.

You are welcome

Well... I did not use their command line example. I only took a look at their command line parameters and rebuild your task from scratch.

Panagiotis

[babac]

Hi pandlouk,
As far as I can see, the only thing you changed in my command line is adding
c1, which simply activates the compression of the volume.
I fail to understand how such an addition makes the scheduled task to find the path of the destination backup folder.
Thank you.

[pandlouk]

Originally Posted by babac

Hi pandlouk,
As far as I can see, the only thing you changed in my command line is adding
c1, which simply activates the compression of the volume.
I fail to understand how such an addition makes the scheduled task to find the path of the destination backup folder.
Thank you.

You are wrong. the difference is the space added after the "dixml.exe"

your command
"C:\Program Files\Runtime Software\DriveImage XML\dixml.exe"/bc /t''I:\Drive image Backup\drive_c''
the corrected one
"C:\Program Files\Runtime Software\DriveImage XML\dixml.exe" /bC /tI:\Drive image Backup\drive_c

Strangely on my system if I use /t"I:\Drive image Backup\drive_c" it will not find the path but if I use /tI:\Drive image Backup\drive_c it will... And what makes it more strange is that on another machine both commands work.
Anyway stop wondering why something did not work and enjoy it now that it does. Programs always had and always will have bugs. Life is too sort to worry for these things too.

Panagiotis

[babac]

Hi pandlouk,
By comparing both command lines ,I see more of a double slash difference than a space difference.
Rest assured that I realize your command line is the right one since it works great for me.
Thank you for your help and time .