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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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The ProcessDrive.BAT File

TITLE %0 - EFFECT THE BACKUP PROCESS FOR A SINGLE DRIVE
REM parameter 1 should be the anticipated Drive letter to be backed up e.g. "C"
REM parameter 2 should be the Backup drive letter e.g. "X"
TITLE (%0) RoboCopy %1:\ %2:\%Computername% /s /r:0 /w:1
RoboCopy %1:\ %2:\%Computername% /s /r:0 /w:1
REM END

This batch file requires NO customization.

As it stands, it will mindlessly backup up whatever it can, which is fine for us as we embark on full backups.

We don’t want to make decisions about what might or might not be useful or critical in the future.

Grab everything. It’s FREE!

I will make some notes on a RoboCopy parameter file, for those of you who want to have a rather elaborate set of RoboCopy parameters.

The Shutdown.BAT Batch File

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Toronto and Mississauga, Friday, December 03, 2010 8:29 AM

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