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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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Installing On A Networked Computer

We copy the C:\SAFE folder and its contents over to the Big Beige Box.

We make some changes to the batch files:

BackUp.bat

TITLE %0 effect a backup of a local system
::
:: Set the fixed parameters
::
Set Home=C:\SAFE\
Set Backup=X Y
Set WaitTime=10
::
:: Wait until the backup drive is mounted
::
call %Home%WaitSet %WaitTime% %Backup%
::
:: Process each valid drive
::
call %Home%AllDrive %Backup%
::
:: Shutdown the Computer system
::
call %Home%ShutDown.BAT
::
REM END

WaitSet.Bat

Title %0 - wait for SET of backup drives to appear
REM parameter 1 should be the wait time in seconds e.g. "120"
REM parameter 2 and on should be the anticipated Drive letters e.g. "X Y"
::
:: Map to the shared external drives
::
SUBST X: \\Lap\X
SUBST Y: \\Lap\Y
if "%2"=="" goto Finish
call WaitOne %1 %2
call %0 %1 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
:Finish
REM END

Running On The Big Beige Box

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

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