Backup and Shutdown

I am trying to find a way that I can schedual a backup to shut my PC down when it has finished. Alternatively creating a backup on shutdown would be OK but not ideal.

I am using ATI 2009 on Windows Vista, I am also running this on an XP laptop.

Thanks in advance

Daryl

 

Hi Daryl ,
You have just to create a batch file and include it in the post command of your scheduled backup:
Open NotePad/copy and paste %SystemRoot%\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 0 /save it with a .bat extension.

The 0 at the end of this syntax is the number of seconds it takes the computer to shutdown by itself.You may change this according to your needs.

 

I have created the .bat file as suggested, and have tested the file which works!

However the system does not shutdown after backup. The settings that I have are as follows;

Source Selection - C:
Target Archive - Add to Existing, Backup Location - Network drive
Scheduing - Daily 01:00 UN and PW
Backup Method - Incremental
Source File Exclusions - None
Backup Options - Post Command - Shutdown.bat, Arguments - None, Do not perform operations ubtil the commands execution is complete - unticked, Abort the operation if the user command fails - Unticked
Automatic Consolidation - None
Comments - None

 

Hello Darylt and babac,

Thank you for choosing Acronis Disk Backup Software.

Please try to put "/" symbol instead of "-"

Edit it and enter the text "shutdown /s /t 0" (w/o the quotes) and save it. Now, you can use the keyboard shortcut win + x + s + enter to let Vista's start menu search find the batch file and run the shutdown command.

Additionally, here is the list of parameters:

shutdown [{-l|-s|-r|-a}] [-f] [-m [\\ComputerName]]

-l >> Logs off the current user
-s >> Shuts down the local computer
-r >> Reboots after shutdown
-a >> Aborts shutdown. Ignores other parameters, except -l and Computer Name
-f >> Forces running applications to close.
-m [\\ComputerName] >> computer name

To create a suspend icon, type “rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState”

Thank you.
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Alexander Nikolsky