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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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Toronto and Mississauga, Friday, December 03, 2010 8:30 AM
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Mounting The Backup Drive
In the work that follows, I’ll be showing how to mount a backup drive. All my backup drives are encrypted, so you’ll see this extra step here. If you’re not yet using encryption (see later), you can ignore parts of this step.
I use a USB-connected external drive. I purchased it locally for $90 plus taxes. It has a 300GB capacity, and is already out of date. By the time you read this, you’ll find greater capacity for less price at your local computer store. Trust me.
Here’s what an external drive looks like, with a white USB cable and a black power set:
Here’s what My Computer looks like without the external drive mounted:
Don’t be fooled by all the drive letters; most of them are DOS SUBST mappings of commonly used folders to drive letters. For example, what looks like a drive W: is mapped to “G:\Greaves\Admin\Web” (Web, get it?)
Here’s what My Computer looks like with the 300GB external drive plugged in to the USB port and powered ON.
There’s an extra drive, letter H.
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Toronto and Mississauga, Friday, December 03, 2010 8:30 AM
Copyright © 1996-2010 Chris Greaves. All Rights Reserved.