Christopher Greaves

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Encryption And Off-site Backup Storage (Home) ; Overview ; The Problem ; The Essence Of The Solution ; How Long Does It Take To Do A Backup? ; Assumptions ; Breakdown Of Tasks ; The Stand-Alone Solution ; The Networked Solution ; Let’s Get Started ; Mounting The Backup Drive ; Mounting An Encrypted Drive ; Waiting For The Backup Drive ; Processing Each Local Drive ; RoboCopy New And Later Files ; RoboCopy Parameter Files ; Append Session Details To A Log File ; Shutting Down the Computer ; Review For Local Systems ; Putting Together The Local Backup System ; SUBSTituting A Drive For A Folder ; Assembling The Batch File ; ( TITLE commands ); Running The Backup Batch File ; Examining Our Results ; Waiting For A Set Of Drives ; Issue the Backup Command To A Set Of Drives ; Modifying The Driving Batch File ; What About The Log File? ; The Upgraded Set Of Batch Files ; Encryption of backup data ; What Is Involved In Encrypting A Backup Device? ; ( Advice On Passwords ); What Is Involved In Mounting An Encrypted Device? ; User Mounted Or Automated? ; Using A DOS Batch File To Facilitate Mounting ; Using A DOS Batch File To Facilitate Dismounts ; Making The External Drives Available Across The Network ; Mounting A Shared Drive For Sharing ; Installing On A Networked Computer ; Running On The Big Beige Box ; An Improved Method Of Waiting ; Shutdown Or Restart? ; At Long Last! A Working Version! ; The Backup.BAT file ; The Mount.BAT file ; The ProcessDrive.BAT file ; The Shutdown.BAT File ; The Encryption Process

Toronto and Mississauga, Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:42 PM

At Long Last! A Working Version!

It’s been a long trail. I have spent an interlude testing and refining the batch files. There are fewer batch files and they are more easly customised now.

Download a copy now, Unzip it to a fresh folder, and read the instructions. There aren’t many, and I’ve duplicated them on the following pages.

The contents of that file should match this data exactly, date, time, size in bytes, sequence etc.

2008/10/19 12:21
PKZIP(R)  Version 2.50  FAST!  Compression Utility for Windows 95/NT  4-15-1998
Copyright 1989-1998 PKWARE Inc.  All Rights Reserved. Shareware Version
PKZIP Reg. U.S. Pat. and Tm. Off.  Patent No. 5,051,745
Viewing .ZIP: 200810191221.zip
Length  Method    Size  Ratio    Date    Time    CRC-32   Attr    Name
------  ------    ----- -----    ----    ----   --------  ----    ----
1187 DeflatN      490 58.8% 10/18/2008  5:39p b48f54b3 --w----  Backup.BAT
166 DeflatN      141 15.1% 10/18/2008  5:38p 6173ef81 --w----  DisMount.BAT
278 DeflatN      164 41.1% 10/17/2008 10:16p 6d8e94c6 --w----  Mount.BAT
319 DeflatN      203 36.4% 10/16/2008  1:23p 121730b6 --w----  ProcessDrive.BAT
81 DeflatN       77  5.0% 10/16/2008 11:55a 84157d95 --w----  ShutDown.BAT
423 DeflatN      261 38.3% 10/16/2008  5:34p 38199df8 --w----  Test1F1C.BAT
121 Stored       121  0.0% 06/01/1988  8:00a abc6e373 --w----  WAIT.COM
337 DeflatN      205 39.2% 10/15/2008 11:23a a57441fe --w----  WaitMap.bat
122880 DeflatN    30158 75.5% 10/19/2008 12:21p c5b4c48c --w----  WhatFaq.doc
------           ------ -----                                     ----
125792            31820 74.8%                                        9

If they don’t match, please Contact Me

You’ll notice that there are six batch files.

There is a Word document WhatFAQ.doc in which is recorded all fixed problems and suggestions (at the top of the table) and all outstanding suggestions (at the bottom of the table). If you Contact Me with a suggestion, your initials will appear in the “Who” column.

The Backup.BAT file

Toronto and Mississauga, Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:42 PM