Automatic Backup at shutdown

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How can I have XP automatically backup the "My Documents" folder at shutdown?
I have two hard drives and wish to backup to the second hard drive. any help
greatly appreciated.

RJJ

 

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RJJ <RJJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>How can I have XP automatically backup the "My Documents" folder at shutdown?
>I have two hard drives and wish to backup to the second hard drive. any help
>greatly appreciated.

Write a batch file to start NTBACKUP or XCOPY for the backup. Then
write a SHUTDOWN command in the last line of the batch file. Start the
batch when you want to shutdown Windows.
For details with SHUTDOWN type
SHUTDOWN /?
at a DOS prompt.

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"Thorsten Matzner" <tmatzner@gmx.net> wrote in message
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> RJJ <RJJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>How can I have XP automatically backup the "My Documents" folder at
>>shutdown?
>>I have two hard drives and wish to backup to the second hard drive. any
>>help
>>greatly appreciated.
>
> Write a batch file to start NTBACKUP or XCOPY for the backup. Then
> write a SHUTDOWN command in the last line of the batch file...

I've never had much success with that method (IIRC I had to hang around to
click something at the end), but there's a freeware program called
LastChance that intercepts the Win shutdown call and will run any program or
list of programs first, then carry on closing up shop. I used it for years
with 98SE, using the freeware XXCopy with switches to just copy new &
changed files and, for email, switches to copy changed files that already
existed at the target (to avoid copying newsgroups), about to try it with my
new XP.

http://www.fileware.com/products.htm#LastChance

 

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cpemma wrote:
> "Thorsten Matzner" <tmatzner@gmx.net> wrote in message
> news:%23wT1HgdvEHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> RJJ <RJJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> How can I have XP automatically backup the "My Documents" folder at
>>> shutdown?
..
>>
>> Write a batch file to start NTBACKUP or XCOPY for the backup. Then
>> write a SHUTDOWN command in the last line of the batch file...

> there's a freeware program
> called LastChance that intercepts the Win shutdown call and will run
> any program or list of programs first, then carry on closing up shop.

Damn, it doesn't work with XP. Just logs me off rather than shutting down.