Backing up data over network

Hello everyone,

I created a .bat file that copies specified folders and files from a users machine on their personal drive on the network. Here is the code behind the backup file:

@ECHO OFF
ECHO *****HINKLEY LIGHTING BACKUP*****
ECHO YOUR SYSTEM IS BEING BACKED UP PLEASE DO NOT CLOSE THIS WINDOW...
ECHO PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL TAKE A WHILE AND YOUR COMPUTER MIGHT BE RUNNING A BIT SLOWER
xcopy /Y "C:\Documents and Settings\goran\My Documents" "H:\MyBackUP\My Documents" /S /C /Q /I
xcopy /Y "C:\Documents and Settings\goran\Desktop" "H:\MyBackUP\Desktop" /S /C /Q /I
xcopy /Y "C:\Documents and Settings\goran\Favorites" "H:\MyBackUP\Favorites" /S /C /Q /I

ECHO *****HINKLEY LIGHTING BACKUP COMPLETE*****
PAUSE

then I scheduled an automated task that will run this .BAT file once a week.

The problem is that the file runs silently (It does not pop up on the screen)
And also the computer gets really really slow after the job finishes.

Does anyone have a better idea how to do this or what I can add to the batch file to increase performance?

 

Hi be0,

This has worked well for me in the past:

xcopy /Y "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Favorites" "\\backuppc\shareddir\%username%\Favorites" /E /I
exit

the exit command ensures that the dos window closes upon completion.

also, the cmd window displays when the batch is running so I created a shortcut from the bat file, change the properties in the shortcut to run minimized. schedule the shortcut to execute instead of the actual bat file.

You can then rename the shortcut file name to some thing like:

Backup.bat - File backup is in progress, please re-minimize this window.

so if the user clicks on the window they can read the message in its title bar.

also, I scheduled the backup at lunch time.

Techsent

 

Thanks...
Good stuff.