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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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Mounting A Shared Drive For Sharing

We make a modification to our Mount.bat DOS Batch file so that the mounted encrypted drive can be seen across the network

Mount.BAT

TITLE %0 Mount an encrypted drive
if not exist X: "C:\Program Files\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe" /q /lX  /v\Device\Harddisk1\Partition1
net share X=X:\
if not exist Y: "C:\Program Files\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe" /q /lY  /v\Device\Harddisk2\Partition1
net share Y=Y:\
REM End

The “net share” command assigns a string name to a folder.

I have chosen to use a single-letter string “X” to identify the root folder of my backup device which is known to the LapTop as “X:”

On the Big Beige Box we will be able to refer to this backup drive as \\Lap\X, and note that it is “X”, not “X:”

Likewise we can refer to \\Lap\Y for the second external drive.

Installing On A Networked Computer

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

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