Automatically backing up "My Documents"

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Is it possible to set up a Win XP Home Edition to run an
automatic backup on the "my documents" folder and save it
to another computer that is set up as peer-to-peer (not a
network/server computer)? If it is possible, how do I do
it?
 
I'm not going to give exact details because you need to figure some of this
out yourself

1. make a folder on the destination machine
2. set compression on for that folder
3. share it
4. go to your computer and write a .cmd file that includes:
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\mike\My Documents\*.*"
"\\destination_machine\sharename\*.*" /c/h/s
5. schedule this .cmd file to run daily
6. watch out for how big the destination gets, it needs management

Good Luck
Mike
 
|Is it possible to set up a Win XP Home Edition to run an
|automatic backup on the "my documents" folder and save it
|to another computer that is set up as peer-to-peer (not a
|network/server computer)? If it is possible, how do I do
|it?
|

You can specify a peer-to-peer network location in Pro so I assume that
will be the same in Home edition....
 
On Step #4, where do I go to write the .cmd file? I
mean, I know I need to go to the computer where the files
are currently stored and write the command on THAT
computer. But where do I write it? DOS? In a Windows?
I am not a computer program; I use a lot of the software,
but don't understand the hardware part of computers.
 
|I'm not going to give exact details because you need to figure some of this
|out yourself
|
|1. make a folder on the destination machine
|2. set compression on for that folder
|3. share it
|4. go to your computer and write a .cmd file that includes:
| xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\mike\My Documents\*.*"
|"\\destination_machine\sharename\*.*" /c/h/s
|5. schedule this .cmd file to run daily
|6. watch out for how big the destination gets, it needs management
|
|Good Luck
|Mike
|
||> Is it possible to set up a Win XP Home Edition to run an
|> automatic backup on the "my documents" folder and save it
|> to another computer that is set up as peer-to-peer (not a
|> network/server computer)? If it is possible, how do I do
|> it?
|
|
|
Why not use Task scheduler with Windows Backup? Much easier than writing
cmd files surely?
 
I went in under system tools in the start menu, and I do
not have the "back up" as an option. I have Win XP Home
Edition, factory installed.
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