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Works great except that only the directories and subdirectories are copied onto the H: dirve. &nbsp;The files in the directories are not copied.<br />
Thanks
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Works great except that only the directories and subdirectories are copied onto the H: dirve.  The files in the directories are not copied.
Thanks

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The xcopy flags that I have used may be causing it. I use these for some of my backups. Take out /M. Check the meaning of these flags by checking those by doing xcopy /?
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The xcopy flags that I have used may be causing it. I use these for some of my backups. Take out /M. Check the meaning of these flags by checking those by doing xcopy /?

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I'm using Windows 2000 Server. &nbsp;I want to make a nightly backup, prefereably with &quot;copy&quot; or &quot;xcopy&quot; from c:\sourcedir to h:\backup&lt;date&gt;. &nbsp;I want to do this each night and want the target directory named with a datestamp (e.g. &quot;h:\backup20070730&quot;). &nbsp;I know how to use scheduler to set it up once the bat file is written. &nbsp;I need to write the bat file.
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I'm using Windows 2000 Server.  I want to make a nightly backup, prefereably with "copy" or "xcopy" from c:\sourcedir to h:\backup<date>.  I want to do this each night and want the target directory named with a datestamp (e.g. "h:\backup20070730").  I know how to use scheduler to set it up once the bat file is written.  I need to write the bat file.

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