Back Up Data: A Simple Script

This script is completely customizable to suit your needs. Remember, the idea is to back up data files that you cannot re-create (or that would take considerable time to do so).

This script invokes Windows' built-in NT Backup utility. You can customize the source and destination paths, as well as whether the file should be a full or incremental back up.

You can download backup script batch file here (rename the file with a ".bat" extension).

Data Back Up Script

You can make as many of these scripts to suit your needs. For example, you may want to make a back up of your My Documents folder as well as your Data folder (if you have one).

The final step to tie it all together is to automate the data back up in the following way:

Once a month, make a full back up of your data. Every week (weeks 2, 3, and 4), make an incremental backup. To make the script work as an incremental, find the line

NTBACKUP.EXE Backup %BList% /d "%BComment%" /l:F /F "%BFile%" /V:YES /M Normal

and change the "Normal" to "Incremental"

It's just that simple. Now, there is no reason to never have a back up of your most critical data!

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