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Geek Culture / The easy way to back up

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BatVink
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Posted: 9th Sep 2003 15:45 Edited at: 9th Sep 2003 15:46
Thought I'd post this as a new thread. It's a simple way to back up your projects, and you don't even need to remember to do it.

Requirements:
Winzip - http://download.com.com/3000-2250-10161502.html
Winzip Command line support - http://download.com.com/3000-2250-9479561.html?tag=lst-0-5

1. Create a Zip file for your project, this is your first backup.

2. Create a batch file in Notepad, using the following template...


You need to edit this with:
a. The location of wzzip.exe, the command line support program
b. The location of your zipped backup file
c. The directory your project resides in.

3. Use Windows Task Scheduler to run your batch file at appropriate intervals. Mine runs at 17:20 every evening. The batch file will add new files to the zipped backup, and replace chnaged files as well.

4. Sleep easy, and hope you never really need to use your backup.

indi
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Posted: 10th Sep 2003 06:56
I use a dvd-rw like another hard drive then store that disc at the end of every big coding change.

http://www.lunarpixel.com
It's already tomorrow in Australia
BatVink
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Posted: 12th Sep 2003 15:35
I don't know if the technology is as flaky as CD-RW's, but I stopped using them because they became corrupt so often. I lost a lot of data to CD-RWs.

You could still use a scheduled batch file to write to your disk every so often.

Ok...maybe I'm paranoid about backups. But then I once did a 37 hoir shift when my company's mainframe disks died.

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