New Drive Snapshot build released.

They are reliable. A few years ago I was doing some test entire drive restores of a UEFI system. They failed but could be fixed. A new DS was released a week later which fixed this problem. Otherwise, restores always work. Partition or Entire Drive. UEFI or MBR.

By the way, DS has its own locking if VSS is unavailable or not wanted.

 

Backup almost done.
Hopefully, the command window will close.

 

No. I had to press any key to continue, then it closed.
I thought we had the command window closing before.

 

It will. Unless you have "pause" which you don't. Pause halts the batch file at that line. If you had pause half way through a batch file then that's where it would halt. Pressing Any Key continues the batch file from that line.

 

Will there be a conflict if I run another backup on the same day?
That's why I was asking about adding time to the file name.

 

Here's my batch code.

 

Great. Let me know the backup image filenames.

 

Yes, that's why I posted #1256. We could get serious about this if you plan to have more than one backup each day.

 

It would be good if the command window closed, but but it didn't. I don't have Pause in the code.
I had to press any key to continue

 

It only produced 2 files with that code.
HD1-1-190425.sna
HD1-3-190425.sna

 

So your just finished backup completed and the Command Window remained on the Task Bar? Is there any text in the Command Window? Maybe an Error?

 

Yes. But only 2 files. I normally get 3 for my 3 partitions.

 

The C:\ image isn't there. Any Error in the Command Window? I wonder if it's related to your VSS messages. Try it without VSS by adding --NoVSS . This uses the DS internal driver.

 

I'm trying this code, with both windows starting minimized using the -Gm switch.

 

OK. View the Command Window if it doesn't close as there should be an Error message.

 

The command window is completely empty so far. 45% done.
But I doubt if it will close by itself, I'll see soon.

There isn't a switch that states that opens minimized and closes.
I like the one with the invisible GUI and the command window displaying the progress, but it only produced 2 files and stayed open.

 

I just recalled, "@Echo off" wipes text in the Command Window.

Here are the VSS options. You and I don't have an Exchange Writer so VSS shouldn't being used.

 

If it fails again use this...

Code:

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:\SystemBackup\Drive_Snapshot\$DISK-$DATE.sna" -Gm -o -L0

That will let you see text in the Command Window.

 

The minimized GUI popped onto the desktop, and I clicked OK, and it closed along with an empty minimized command window. 3 files were created.
C-190425.sna
HD1-1-190425.sna
HD1-3-190425.sna

 

Can you try this...

Code:

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:\SystemBackup\Drive_Snapshot\$DISK-$DATE.sna" -o -L0 --NoVSS
exit

You can watch the progress. Hopefully "exit" will close it.

 

I just tried it with and without "exit" and the Command Window closed.

 

I am just in the process of running this again to see if I get three files and the command window closes. The progress is being displayed in the command window.

 

Which code? The No VSS one?
Is that a good idea, no VSS?

 

I just restored my Entire Drive image, manually. All OK.

 

Yes, the NoVSS one. DS isn't supposed to be using VSS unless you have an Exchange Writer.

You will recall IFW can use PHYLock or VSS. DS can use its own driver or VSS.