Drive Snapshot

What do you do? Close the command window or press Enter?

 

I just press any key as usual.

It says: hit ANY Key to continue

 

In that case run my script as written. No edits apart from your path. And HD1.

 

OK

 

The Recycle Bin switch worked.

 

Did you get an Entire-1 folder containing your images?

 

No change. Same result.
Have a look at the command prompt window. Is HD1 correct? You use HD3. How do I know? It has always restored nicely for me on 3 computers.

 

The backup from HD1 is fine but did you take the screenshot before it finished?

Try this...

Code:

::@echo off
CD /d %~dp0
::if not defined RunTask set RunTask=1 & start "Snapshot" /min %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe /c "%0" & goto :EOF
snapshot64.exe HD1:* "D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot\$disk-$date-$hour-$minute-$second.sna" -o -L0 -R --UseVSS -W
MD hadron
MOVE *.sna hadron

pause


IF EXIST Entire-3 (RD Entire-3 /s /q)
IF EXIST Entire-2 (REN Entire-2 Entire-3)
IF EXIST Entire-1 (REN Entire-1 Entire-2)
REN Backup Entire-1

pause

You will see the command window. Don't do anything at the first pause. I saw this...

It shows hadron being created and the files being moved. What do you see after "Snapshot finished successfully"?

 

Yes, I took the screenshot as it was progressing.
Doing the one above now.

 

Understood.

 

Look what's happening, Brian.
Look where it's creating everything.

 

But it's not doing much in there either.
Look at the folder sizes.

 

Nice find. Excellent. A few questions.
Is snapshot64.exe in D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot?
Is your batch file in D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot?
Are you running the batch file as an Admin?

 

snapshot64.exe is in the default folder of: C:\Program Files (x86)\Snapshot
I know it's portable, but I installed it for some reason.

The batch is in the same folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Snapshot

Yes, I am running as Admin.

 

OK, your snapshot64.exe isn't in D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot

You can either move it to that folder or change the script to...

Code:

snapshot64.exe HD1:* "D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot\$disk-$date-$hour-$minute-$second.sna" -o -L0 -R --UseVSS -W

CD /d D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot

MD hadron

Does that work now?

Edit.... your batch file should be in D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot

 

I am going to move my batches over to a sub-folder in the D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot folder.
That's how I done the IFWRotate batch.

 

I now have the batches in: D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot\Batches

 

CD /d %~dp0

Means CD to this folder. We want D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot to be "this folder".

 

The batch files need to be in D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot for CD /d %~dp0 to work. Not in a sub folder.

You can have them in a sub folder if you use...

CD /d D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot

 

I am about to run this. Is that right.

Code:

::@echo off
CD /d D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot
::if not defined RunTask set RunTask=1 & start "Snapshot" /min %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe /c "%0" & goto :EOF
snapshot64.exe HD1:* "D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot\$disk-$date-$hour-$minute-$second.sna" -o -L0 -R --UseVSS -W

CD /d D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot

MD hadron
MOVE *.sna hadron
IF EXIST Entire-3 (RD Entire-3 /s /q)
IF EXIST Entire-2 (REN Entire-2 Entire-3)
IF EXIST Entire-1 (REN Entire-1 Entire-2)
REN hadron Entire-1

 

Make it...

Code:

@echo off

if not defined RunTask set RunTask=1 & start "Snapshot" /min %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe /c "%0" & goto :EOF
snapshot64.exe HD1:* "D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot\$disk-$date-$hour-$minute-$second.sna" -o -L0 -R --UseVSS -W

CD /d D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot

MD hadron
MOVE *.sna hadron
IF EXIST Entire-3 (RD Entire-3 /s /q)
IF EXIST Entire-2 (REN Entire-2 Entire-3)
IF EXIST Entire-1 (REN Entire-1 Entire-2)
REN hadron Entire-1

 

OK.
I tried the previous one, and it didn't run.

 

Put the first...

CD /d D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot

back if snapshot64 doesn't start.

 

That's not running either.
I see a quick flash of the command prompt window, then nothing.
I ran it as Admin.

 

OK. Put snapshot64.exe and your batch file in D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot

Code:

@echo off
CD /d %~dp0
if not defined RunTask set RunTask=1 & start "Snapshot" /min %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe /c "%0" & goto :EOF
snapshot64.exe HD1:* "D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot\$disk-$date-$hour-$minute-$second.sna" -o -L0 -R --UseVSS -W

CD /d D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot

MD hadron
MOVE *.sna hadron

IF EXIST Entire-3 (RD Entire-3 /s /q)
IF EXIST Entire-2 (REN Entire-2 Entire-3)
IF EXIST Entire-1 (REN Entire-1 Entire-2)
REN Backup Entire-1