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03-09-2006, 08:09 AM
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NTBackup vs. XCopy
The Backup program which ships with XP (ntbackup) when run appears to simply "group" all of the files and folder structure into a single uncompressed file. Alternately XCopy does basically the same thing, as both appear to be simply "file copy" backups.
Is there any great advantage one has over the other? I'm not concerned about the number of files XCopy produces, just looking more for a reliable file copy backup method. I usually compress the backups anyway when they complete as part of an automated process. I would love to hear of any experience or opinions. Thanks. |
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03-09-2006, 08:32 AM
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BIG difference between "group" all of the files and folder structure into a single uncompressed file and making copies of individule files.
Copied files don't require a backup program to restore them....
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03-09-2006, 08:56 AM
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I just wanted to know if anyone has any practical experience and favors one method over the other. As I stated in my post above, I compress the backup results as part of an automated process, so either way there is a single file as the final output. |
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03-09-2006, 09:08 AM
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If you are postprocessing the backup anyway, I'd stick with xcopy. It's one less step to restore something that way if you have to. What are you doing - running xcopy in a batch or cmd file?
Check out this utility - it may have features you like that plain old xcopy doesn't. http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm |
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03-09-2006, 09:32 AM
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What are you backing up? NTBackup will skip open files. I think that Xcopy will error out on them. This would only be an issue if you are backing up system files.
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03-09-2006, 10:29 AM
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I'm just making a backup of web-sites. Nothing fancy. I'm currently using NTbackup.
The only time I forsee a locked file would be if an Access database was locked due to an "ldb" file present. I'll have to test how xcopy handles this. |
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03-09-2006, 01:46 PM
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xcopy can be set to continue on errors like that with the /c switch. Type xcopy /? for all the switches.
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03-09-2006, 01:58 PM
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Definitely looks like XCopy is the way to go. Thanks for the help everyone.
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