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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 6:45 PM

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A collection of DOS batch files capable of backing up all your networked machines to one or more external backup drives.

Includes User Guide and Installation manual.

For as little as $100 you purchase an external drive. You follow our instructions to install, format and encrypt the drive, and you use our batch files to effect proper backups right across every machine on your system.

We will use RoboCopy for the copying process. It is free and available for download from here. Or search the web.

We will use TrueCrypt for encryption. It is free and available for download from here. Or search the web.

If you’d like to learn about the technical details, please click here .

2008/10/27 16:34
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: BackAll.zip
Length  Method    Size  Ratio    Date    Time    CRC-32   Attr    Name
------  ------    ----- -----    ----    ----   --------  ----    ----
1285 DeflatN      508 60.5% 10/24/2008  9:16p efcdd16f --w----  Backup.BAT
166 DeflatN      141 15.1% 10/18/2008  5:38p 6173ef81 --w----  DisMount.BAT
31232 DeflatN     5971 80.9% 10/27/2008  4:31p 116d0ade --w----  FAQFrequentlyAskedQuestions.doc
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
308 DeflatN      155 49.7% 10/25/2008  6:40a 83cb8a48 --w----  ShutDown.BAT
423 DeflatN      261 38.3% 10/16/2008  5:34p 38199df8 --w----  Test1F1C.BAT
389632 DeflatN   342058 12.3% 10/27/2008  4:32p ed7783bf --w----  UserGuide.doc
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
121856 DeflatN    29751 75.6% 10/27/2008  4:30p 4c5c9224 --w----  WhatFaq.doc
------           ------ -----                                     ----
545957           379538 30.5%                                       11

Toronto and Mississauga, Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:45 PM