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What software would I need to make a very small backup?
What software would I need to make a very small backup?
I have an open office file that I write to often. I would like to have it backed up to a flash drive every time I save it. What would be the simplest (automatic) way to do this? I want a copy on the desktop and a backup on a flash drive. |
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What software would I need to make a very small backup?
Metspitzer wrote:
What software would I need to make a very small backup? I have an open office file that I write to often. I would like to have it backed up to a flash drive every time I save it. What would be the simplest (automatic) way to do this? I want a copy on the desktop and a backup on a flash drive. It sounds like you might want a synchronizer. Since you didn't mention keeping *revisions* of the file, but just keeping the current one. If you save the file, with a slightly different name each time, the sync tool of choice can always copy over that file as well. You'd set up your syncing, to sync an entire folder created just for that purpose. "Synctoy (Microsoft download)" http://www.mydigitallife.info/free-s...vista-synctoy/ (You can get your copy here) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl....aspx?id=15155 HTH, Paul |
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What software would I need to make a very small backup?
On 12/20/13 9:10 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
What software would I need to make a very small backup? I have an open office file that I write to often. I would like to have it backed up to a flash drive every time I save it. What would be the simplest (automatic) way to do this? I want a copy on the desktop and a backup on a flash drive. For just one file, I'd just use Save and Save As rather than install a piece of software. FWIW, if it's not detrimental to the document, I always put the date printed, filename and date, and software w/ version # used in the lower right corner in the footer, 4 pt. text. Makes it a lot easier to figure out what you used/did when you look at a printed copy 6 months later. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.5 Firefox 24.0 Thunderbird 17.0.8 |
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What software would I need to make a very small backup?
On 20 Dec 2013, Metspitzer wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: What software would I need to make a very small backup? I have an open office file that I write to often. I would like to have it backed up to a flash drive every time I save it. What would be the simplest (automatic) way to do this? I want a copy on the desktop and a backup on a flash drive. COPY or XCOPY |
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What software would I need to make a very small backup?
In message , Ken Springer
writes: [] FWIW, if it's not detrimental to the document, I always put the date printed, filename and date, and software w/ version # used in the lower right corner in the footer, 4 pt. text. Makes it a lot easier to figure out what you used/did when you look at a printed copy 6 months later. FWIW, in real Word (not sure about Open Office), there's an automatic way of including the date (formatted however you like, so it can include the time) on which a file was saved. I'm not sure how to invoke it: I include the (current) date, the use toggle codes and change DATE to SAVEDATE then toggle back. Many people at my employer - I think it's in the templates - just use the current date; this is most irritating if you retrieve a file from the server and print it (or even just look at it on screen): it always of course thus shows the date on which it was printed, not saved, which is somewhat confusing. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf They'd never heard of me; they didn't like me; they didn't like my speech; they tutted and clucked and looked at their watches and eventually I sat down to a thunderous lack of applause. - Barry Norman (on preceding Douglas Bader), in RT 6-12 July 2013 |
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On 12/20/13 10:45 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Ken Springer writes: [] FWIW, if it's not detrimental to the document, I always put the date printed, filename and date, and software w/ version # used in the lower right corner in the footer, 4 pt. text. Makes it a lot easier to figure out what you used/did when you look at a printed copy 6 months later. FWIW, in real Word (not sure about Open Office), there's an automatic way of including the date (formatted however you like, so it can include the time) on which a file was saved. I'm not sure how to invoke it: I include the (current) date, the use toggle codes and change DATE to SAVEDATE then toggle back. That may be in the document properties, which I think can be printed as an option. But, you may not want that information in the finished product. Libre Office, a branch of Open Office, let's you do that too, I think. I've given up on LO due to bugs that affect how I use the program not being fixed, and there being no interest/effort at fixing them. In the footer, I don't just print the date. I have text that says "Printed on" and then the printed date field to display the current date. You do have to remember to "lock" the document when finished so that date does not change when you load the document a few days/months later. Many people at my employer - I think it's in the templates - just use the current date; this is most irritating if you retrieve a file from the server and print it (or even just look at it on screen): it always of course thus shows the date on which it was printed, not saved, which is somewhat confusing. Companies, IMO, need to be more knowledgeable about how software works to avoid this kind of problem. Computers should make life easier, but lack of knowledge about how things like this work seems to be making things harder than they should be, which is a negative for workforce efficiency. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.5 Firefox 24.0 Thunderbird 17.0.8 |
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"Nil" ha scritto nel messaggio
... XCOPY I wonder if using "Xcopy /m" as a scheduled task may be an acceptable solution for Metspitzer. |
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What software would I need to make a very small backup?
Metspitzer wrote:
What software would I need to make a very small backup? I have an open office file that I write to often. I would like to have it backed up to a flash drive every time I save it. What would be the simplest (automatic) way to do this? I want a copy on the desktop and a backup on a flash drive. Just a straight forward copy to the flash drive . |
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Metspitzer typed: What software would I need to make a very small backup? I have an open office file that I write to often. I would like to have it backed up to a flash drive every time I save it. What would be the simplest (automatic) way to do this? I want a copy on the desktop and a backup on a flash drive. When you get tired of the slowness and the limitations of Synctoy, you might want to check out SyncBack. I tried many utilities like this before and this is the only one I would recommend. They take syncing seriously. SyncBack (free version) http://www.2brightsparks.com/download-syncbackfree.html -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2 |
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"BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Metspitzer typed: What software would I need to make a very small backup? I have an open office file that I write to often. I would like to have it backed up to a flash drive every time I save it. What would be the simplest (automatic) way to do this? I want a copy on the desktop and a backup on a flash drive. When you get tired of the slowness and the limitations of Synctoy, you might want to check out SyncBack. I tried many utilities like this before and this is the only one I would recommend. They take syncing seriously. SyncBack (free version) http://www.2brightsparks.com/download-syncbackfree.html -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2 And I`ll second that statement. |
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What software would I need to make a very small backup?
On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:10:24 -0700, Metspitzer
wrote: What software would I need to make a very small backup? I have an open office file that I write to often. I would like to have it backed up to a flash drive every time I save it. What would be the simplest (automatic) way to do this? I want a copy on the desktop and a backup on a flash drive. Do you really mean every time you save it or every time you're done with it and save it? The latter I do with a folder containing some 2000+ files that each day a few files either get modified or a few new ones are added. After a debacle of thinking I backed these up on two separate HD's and having 8 HD's fail within a two year period - faster then I could glean all their information; I learned to 'backup' these files [not really a backup, but up to date copies] these files onto four different locations: HD C:, HD D:, thumb stick, HD WinXP machine turned on once in a while. I solved my problem by writing a small group of batch files, and placing the shortcut to appropriate batchfiles on the desktop. Simply double clicking on the icon does it all. For the WinXP system I had to insert a PAUSE command to keep the screen up until I could read the files that had copied. Also, not sure if you need to or not, but I name all files with contiguous filenames, no spaces. This is a carryover from older times not sure it is necessary for the batch to work or not. There are different batch files for each task. C to D, D to F, F to C and so on. this batch file is labeled C to D echo off echo C to D disk verify on xcopy C:\AAA\$Contacts\*.* D:\AAA\$Contacts\*.* /D /E /C /H /Y echo on I think verify on has little significance, though. |
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What software would I need to make a very small backup?
On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 06:27:46 -0700, BillW50 wrote:
...snip... SyncBack (free version) http://www.2brightsparks.com/download-syncbackfree.html Is there a way to simply download this software without installing? I went to their website and it wants to run? Setup.exe which sounds like a 'seed' program to then grab all the related stuff during an install. Or, is 'Setup.exe' the download and does not install until and if you want it? |
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On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 08:52:41 -0700, RobertMacy
wrote: On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 06:27:46 -0700, BillW50 wrote: ...snip... SyncBack (free version) http://www.2brightsparks.com/download-syncbackfree.html Is there a way to simply download this software without installing? I went to their website and it wants to run? Setup.exe which sounds like a 'seed' program to then grab all the related stuff during an install. Or, is 'Setup.exe' the download and does not install until and if you want it? Setup.exe is the file you download. Whether it runs automatically after downloading depends on your browser and how you set it. You normally are given the choice. |
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What software would I need to make a very small backup?
On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 11:47:20 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP
wrote: ...snip... Setup.exe is the file you download. Whether it runs automatically after downloading depends on your browser and how you set it. You normally are given the choice. Thanks for your response. But does that mean you MUST be online when you run Setup? Or is this 'self-contained' software? I don't often put the WinXP online, and its a big hastle to do so. I'd like to just 'park' the sw on the disk until I need it and not install unless, and if, I go to use it. |
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What software would I need to make a very small backup?
In newsp.w8rc13ca2cx0wh@ajm,
RobertMacy typed: On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 06:27:46 -0700, BillW50 wrote: ...snip... SyncBack (free version) http://www.2brightsparks.com/download-syncbackfree.html Is there a way to simply download this software without installing? I went to their website and it wants to run? Setup.exe which sounds like a 'seed' program to then grab all the related stuff during an install. Or, is 'Setup.exe' the download and does not install until and if you want it? Yes, that is the single file installer. Once you download it and want to keep the installer, I would rename it to "Syncback_setup.exe" or something. And it won't install until you run it. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2 |
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