Hi. Anyone know of a free real-time backup program? I have my user data folder for the browser on another partiton and therefore want a program to backup every change to that partition instantly.
What do you mean by "user data folder for the browser"? Is it some internal browser folder for internal browser use or some kind of user-facing Download folder? If former is the case then I wouldn't recommend file-based backups, because browsers nowadays use databases. Copying files of database in-use at random moments in time isn't really a good idea. Resulting database will sometimes be in inconsistent state. It is probably better to use in-browser sync functionalities for former case. In addition the wording of "real-time backup" suggest that you don't really want a backup, but rather some kind of synchronization. Backups usually contain data from the past, which is a feature, because it prevents data loss in case of wrongful user action i.e file deletion or software bug making database inconsistent or binary file corrupted.
Thank you. Well, i saw that one but, can it backup directly to the destination folder whenever i do a change to the original folder, automaticly? Or do i have to remember to push a button as with most "sync" programs i found.
Robocopy will do an automatic backup when files are changed in the source. No need to press a button. It's a synchronisation..
@Brian K is correct. Something like this would work /mot:<M> Monitors source, and runs again in M minutes if changes are detected. So, "robocopy C:\test T:\ /MIR /MOT:5" mirrors everything in c:\test to t:\ every 1 minute Or, there's always DSynchronize if you prefer a gui.
Thank you guys, and or girls. For now i will use Fast Copy and remember to push a button, but i will investigate the suggestions in the future.
With Robocopy, try and avoid copying a root directory such as D:\ There is a Robocopy bug as the backed up files and folders become hidden. You can unhide them with... attrib -s -h G:\Backup_D Also, you need this in the command line to prevent copying these folders... /XD "System Volume Information" Recycler $Recycle.bin So if you have files and folders in D:\ I suggest creating a new folder in the root and move all your previous files and folders into this new folder. Move and not copy, so it will be fast. Then backup D:\New-folder. Your backup in another partition will not be hidden. Edit... Robocopy is fast. I backup D:\My_files daily. The folder contains 400 GiB. The backup takes a minute.
Here is my robocopy batch file... Code: set source=D:\My_files set target=H:\DATA_Backup\My_files_backup set rlog=H:\data-rclog.log robocopy.exe "%source%" "%target%" *.* /mir /copy:DAT /dcopy:DA /r:0 /v /xj /mt:32 /log:"%rlog%" set source= set target= set rlog= Anyone can use this batch file. You just have to edit the first 3 lines. Don't edit the other lines. In the first 3 Set lines, enclose the path with " " if spaces are present. For pb1, use... Code: robocopy.exe "%source%" "%target%" *.* /mir /MON:1 /MOT:1 /copy:DAT /dcopy:DA /r:0 /v /xj /mt:32 /log:"%rlog%" This will backup if one file has been changed. (/MON:1) It runs every minute. (/MOT:1) Edit... set target line changed to remove a protected folder.
Regarding... Code: *.* /mir /copy:DAT /dcopy:DA /r:0 /v /xj /mt:32 These switches work if the backup target is an internal or USB external drive or a network drive. Other switch combinations have caused issues for me.
How are you accessing H:\TeraByte_TBI_Backups with protectit? As far as I know there's no way to whitelist robocopy.
I am using it but I deleted the lines from the batch file to save confusion. Sorry, I created confusion for H:\TeraByte_TBI_Backups users. For those not using TeraByte_TBI_Backups in the batch file, my original batch file is fine for general use. I should have posted... set target=H:\DATA_Backup\My_files_backup Edit... earlier set target line changed to above.
Nate, you changed your post. You originally asked why I wasn't using protectit. So my answer was based on your original post.
Yeah, I did. I thought you root dir was incorrect, which would have meant you weren't using protectit. But I was wrong.
In my computer I have to use protectit (because of the protected folder) with my batch file. Mu first line is... net stop protectit and last line is... net start protectit
Anyone following this thread and not using the TeraByte protected folder, ignore the comments about protectit.
