Drive Snapshot

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  1. Hadron

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    Not running.
     
    Hadron, Dec 29, 2019
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    I'll try that.
     
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    Before I run that. I just noticed that it had mover files and folders around.

    DS4.jpg
     
    Hadron, Dec 29, 2019
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    Delete the 3 Entire folders.
     
    Brian K, Dec 29, 2019
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    It's running doing it this way.
     
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    I'll lose all my backups.
     
    Hadron, Dec 29, 2019
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    I moved the backups before I deleted the folders.
     
    Hadron, Dec 29, 2019
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    You must have had previous free sna in D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot. They got moved to the Entire folders. One more batch file run and Entire-3 would have been deleted. Don't have any free sna in D:\System_Backup\Drive_Snapshot.
     
    Brian K, Dec 29, 2019
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    It just finished and it moved all my backups to a hadron folder.
     
    Hadron, Dec 29, 2019
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    Sorry, my mistake. The last line should be...

    Code:
    REN hadron Entire-1
    Almost there. Delete the hadron folder.
     
    Brian K, Dec 29, 2019
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    OK. Running again.
     
    Hadron, Dec 29, 2019
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  12. Brian K

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    Fingers crossed this will work. And also subsequent backups.
     
    Brian K, Dec 29, 2019
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    Lovely.
    It worked. :thumb:

    I think probably 4 backups to keep would be OK considering that I also use IFW and Reflect.
    And Snapshot backups seem to be smaller than compared to the other 2 backup apps.
     
    Hadron, Dec 29, 2019
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    Excellent. Make another backup and you will see two Entire folders.
     
    Brian K, Dec 29, 2019
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    4 backups...

    Code:
    IF EXIST Entire-4 (RD Entire-4 /s /q)
IF EXIST Entire-3 (REN Entire-3 Entire-4)
IF EXIST Entire-2 (REN Entire-2 Entire-3)
IF EXIST Entire-1 (REN Entire-1 Entire-2)
REN hadron Entire-1
     
    Brian K, Dec 29, 2019
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    Will that keep 4 backups at all time?
     
    Hadron, Dec 29, 2019
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    Doing one now.
     
    Hadron, Dec 29, 2019
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    You will always have the 4 most recent backups. When you make a new backup, the oldest one will be deleted.
     
    Brian K, Dec 29, 2019
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    Great!
     
    Hadron, Dec 29, 2019
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    If I wanted to save another backup number, how would I do it?
    What does this line do? IF EXIST Entire-4 (RD Entire-4 /s /q)
     
    Hadron, Dec 29, 2019
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    The most recent backups are in Entire-1.
    The oldest backups are in Entire-4 in the above code.
     
    Brian K, Dec 29, 2019
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    It has finished.
    So, the latest backup is now Entire-1, and the older one is Entire-2.
     
    Hadron, Dec 29, 2019
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    Just keep running the same batch file. Easy.

    IF EXIST Entire-4 (RD Entire-4 /s /q)
    This line deletes the current Entire-4 folder. Then Entire-3 is renamed to Entire-4.
     
    Brian K, Dec 29, 2019
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    Correct.
     
    Brian K, Dec 29, 2019
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    OK. So, this would retain 5 backups.

    Code:
    IF EXIST Entire-5 (RD Entire-5 /s /q)
IF EXIST Entire-3 (REN Entire-4 Entire-5)
IF EXIST Entire-3 (REN Entire-3 Entire-4)
IF EXIST Entire-2 (REN Entire-2 Entire-3)
IF EXIST Entire-1 (REN Entire-1 Entire-2)
REN hadron Entire-1
     
    Hadron, Dec 29, 2019
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