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I use Robocopy for Staging, but I would not us it for a backup solution. &nbsp;I do not think there is a verification switch. &nbsp;I know you can use /V for verbose and that just showes Skip files which in turn confirms if a file is not logged it was copied.<br />
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I would agree with <b>leakim971</b> that NTBACKUP is your best choice for a free backup solution w/ verification.
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I use Robocopy for Staging, but I would not us it for a backup solution.  I do not think there is a verification switch.  I know you can use /V for verbose and that just showes Skip files which in turn confirms if a file is not logged it was copied.

I would agree with leakim971 that NTBACKUP is your best choice for a free backup solution w/ verification.

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thanks , <br />
Any ideas:<br />
&nbsp;if backup using NT backup (Windows server 2003) &nbsp;will I be able to recover those files on a Windows Server 2008 OS?
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thanks ,
Any ideas:
 if backup using NT backup (Windows server 2003)  will I be able to recover those files on a Windows Server 2008 OS?

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there's no backup tools on Windows Server 2008
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there's no backup tools on Windows Server 2008

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What would be the best way (freeware) to backup data (with verification) from a drive?<br />
Would robocopy would be best or are there more recommended applications?<br />
Is there advantage for making a ghost (rather than copy) to a non OS drive?<br />
Thanks in advance!
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What would be the best way (freeware) to backup data (with verification) from a drive?
Would robocopy would be best or are there more recommended applications?
Is there advantage for making a ghost (rather than copy) to a non OS drive?
Thanks in advance!

What would be the best way (freeware) to backup data (with verification) from a drive?

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

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Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.