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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


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Examining Our Results

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Files have been backed up to a folder bearing our computer's name ("Lap") on the memory key drive.

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We see a log file on the memory key.

LAP Mon 10/13/2008 11:07:13.40
LAP Mon 10/13/2008 11:07:22.95
LAP Mon 10/13/2008 11:08:22.62
LAP Mon 10/13/2008 11:25:48.59
LAP Mon 10/13/2008 11:26:11.95
LAP Mon 10/13/2008 11:27:12.98
LAP Mon 10/13/2008 11:27:45.25
LAP Mon 10/13/2008 11:32:59.43 

OK. So I’ve been running several tests!

Now would be a good time to take a “snapshot” of your C:\SAFE\ folder , frozen in time, for an audit-trail.

Waiting For A Set Of Drives


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