Robocopy

February 25, 2008

Hi everyone,

1. I am using Windows XP Home. I'm trying to use Robocopy for Backing-up "My

Documents" (8.9 GB) to an external USB 2 Drive .

I use switches : /MIR /V /COPYALL /PURGE /ZB /NP /LOG:"C:\TEMP\my.log" /XF

*.txt *.bak /R:3 /W:5

Everything is going smoothly exept that 3 folders - "My Pictures" , "My

Videos" and "My Music" Folder Names (only the backed-up Folders) are

changing to "my_name's Pictures" , "my_name's Video" and "my_name's Music"

in the external Backup directory. The data in the folders remain's intact.

2. Why this 3 specific folders ? are they spcial in any way ?

3. Is there any technical article One can read about ?

Please , Can any expert comment on this issue ?

Thanks

February 25, 2008

Re: Robocopy

Have you tried simply using Windows Explore? Highlight your My Documents

folder, right click and choose Copy. On your external hard drive highlight

the root drive letter, right click and choose Paste. (or choose any other

folder on your USB drive that you want. You could make a folder called

Backup and paste it there.)

"leapyear" <leapyear@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:AF55F604-63F4-400F-B540-BCCCBF93222D@microsoft.com...

> Hi everyone,

>

> 1. I am using Windows XP Home. I'm trying to use Robocopy for Backing-up

> "My

> Documents" (8.9 GB) to an external USB 2 Drive .

> I use switches : /MIR /V /COPYALL /PURGE /ZB /NP /LOG:"C:\TEMP\my.log"

> /XF

> *.txt *.bak /R:3 /W:5

> Everything is going smoothly exept that 3 folders - "My Pictures" , "My

> Videos" and "My Music" Folder Names (only the backed-up Folders) are

> changing to "my_name's Pictures" , "my_name's Video" and "my_name's

> Music"

> in the external Backup directory. The data in the folders remain's intact.

>

> 2. Why this 3 specific folders ? are they spcial in any way ?

>

> 3. Is there any technical article One can read about ?

>

> Please , Can any expert comment on this issue ?

> Thanks

>

February 26, 2008

Re: Robocopy

Thank you Panic,

Yes I have tried using Windows Explorer & Copy and it's working, but using

Robocopy for Backing-up "My Documents" is only half of the story.

If it will work for me I intend to use it for a full Backup of my 3 computers.

Windows Explorer & Copy would not help me there. If I would not have faced

the odd problem (Name change of those 3 folders while using Robocopy) which I

described in my 1'st question I could proceed with my work with robocopy

without asking any questions in the forum.

The odd behavior of Robocopy in my 1'st test forced me to look for an answer

before proceeding.

I will be very thankful if I could get an answer to my 3 questions regarding

the odd (or unexplained) Behavior of Robocopy as described in my 1'st

question.

"Panic" wrote:

> Have you tried simply using Windows Explore? Highlight your My Documents

> folder, right click and choose Copy. On your external hard drive highlight

> the root drive letter, right click and choose Paste. (or choose any other

> folder on your USB drive that you want. You could make a folder called

> Backup and paste it there.)

>

> "leapyear" <leapyear@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:AF55F604-63F4-400F-B540-BCCCBF93222D@microsoft.com...

> > Hi everyone,

> >

> > 1. I am using Windows XP Home. I'm trying to use Robocopy for Backing-up

> > "My

> > Documents" (8.9 GB) to an external USB 2 Drive .

> > I use switches : /MIR /V /COPYALL /PURGE /ZB /NP /LOG:"C:\TEMP\my.log"

> > /XF

> > *.txt *.bak /R:3 /W:5

> > Everything is going smoothly exept that 3 folders - "My Pictures" , "My

> > Videos" and "My Music" Folder Names (only the backed-up Folders) are

> > changing to "my_name's Pictures" , "my_name's Video" and "my_name's

> > Music"

> > in the external Backup directory. The data in the folders remain's intact.

> >

> > 2. Why this 3 specific folders ? are they spcial in any way ?

> >

> > 3. Is there any technical article One can read about ?

> >

> > Please , Can any expert comment on this issue ?

> > Thanks

> >

>

February 26, 2008

Re: Robocopy

"leapyear" <leapyear@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:AF55F604-63F4-400F-B540-BCCCBF93222D@microsoft.com...

> Hi everyone,

>

> 1. I am using Windows XP Home. I'm trying to use Robocopy for Backing-up

> "My

> Documents" (8.9 GB) to an external USB 2 Drive .

> I use switches : /MIR /V /COPYALL /PURGE /ZB /NP /LOG:"C:\TEMP\my.log"

> /XF

> *.txt *.bak /R:3 /W:5

> Everything is going smoothly exept that 3 folders - "My Pictures" , "My

> Videos" and "My Music" Folder Names (only the backed-up Folders) are

> changing to "my_name's Pictures" , "my_name's Video" and "my_name's

> Music"

> in the external Backup directory. The data in the folders remain's intact.

>

> 2. Why this 3 specific folders ? are they spcial in any way ?

>

> 3. Is there any technical article One can read about ?

>

> Please , Can any expert comment on this issue ?

> Thanks

>

A couple of things:

- Let' see the full robocopy command, not just the switches.

- Do this for a little test:

1. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}

2. Type these commands verbatim:

dir "%UserProfile%" /s /ad | find /i "Video" > c:\test.txt{Enter}

notepad c:\test.txt{Enter}

3. Paste the text into your reply.

February 26, 2008

Re: Robocopy

What do you find on the Robocopy web site support?

Have you called their tech support?

"leapyear" <leapyear@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:653E833D-F20D-4B42-AC16-3E68821BE471@microsoft.com...

> Thank you Panic,

> Yes I have tried using Windows Explorer & Copy and it's working, but using

> Robocopy for Backing-up "My Documents" is only half of the story.

> If it will work for me I intend to use it for a full Backup of my 3 computers.

> Windows Explorer & Copy would not help me there. If I would not have faced

> the odd problem (Name change of those 3 folders while using Robocopy) which I

> described in my 1'st question I could proceed with my work with robocopy

> without asking any questions in the forum.

> The odd behavior of Robocopy in my 1'st test forced me to look for an answer

> before proceeding.

> I will be very thankful if I could get an answer to my 3 questions regarding

> the odd (or unexplained) Behavior of Robocopy as described in my 1'st

> question.

>

> "Panic" wrote:

>

>> Have you tried simply using Windows Explore? Highlight your My Documents

>> folder, right click and choose Copy. On your external hard drive highlight

>> the root drive letter, right click and choose Paste. (or choose any other

>> folder on your USB drive that you want. You could make a folder called

>> Backup and paste it there.)

>>

>> "leapyear" <leapyear@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:AF55F604-63F4-400F-B540-BCCCBF93222D@microsoft.com...

>> > Hi everyone,

>> >

>> > 1. I am using Windows XP Home. I'm trying to use Robocopy for Backing-up

>> > "My

>> > Documents" (8.9 GB) to an external USB 2 Drive .

>> > I use switches : /MIR /V /COPYALL /PURGE /ZB /NP /LOG:"C:\TEMP\my.log"

>> > /XF

>> > *.txt *.bak /R:3 /W:5

>> > Everything is going smoothly exept that 3 folders - "My Pictures" , "My

>> > Videos" and "My Music" Folder Names (only the backed-up Folders) are

>> > changing to "my_name's Pictures" , "my_name's Video" and "my_name's

>> > Music"

>> > in the external Backup directory. The data in the folders remain's intact.

>> >

>> > 2. Why this 3 specific folders ? are they spcial in any way ?

>> >

>> > 3. Is there any technical article One can read about ?

>> >

>> > Please , Can any expert comment on this issue ?

>> > Thanks

>> >

>>

February 26, 2008

Re: Robocopy

Thank you Pegasus for your help,

Here are the details:

The command is:

robocopy "D:\My Documents" "M:\Documents Backup" /MIR /COPYALL /PURGE /V /NP

/LOG:"C:\TEMP\work.log" /XF *.txt *.bak /ZB /R:3 /W:5

The text.txt is:

01/26/2008 07:07 AM <DIR> Any Video Converter

Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\LD\Application Data\Any Video

Converter

02/08/2008 09:49 AM <DIR> video.google.com

02/08/2008 09:49 AM <DIR> http://www.livevideo.com