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2008-03-05 11:31:25

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6659|the land of bourbon

ok, so i'm at the end of my rope with this... the new backup utility in vista is completely stupid, since it does not let you pick the files you want backed up, you can only pick by type. needless to say, i want to back up only my personal pictures and movies, and not my various porn files. i have thus far tried this:

http://www.petri.co.il/installing_windo … _vista.htm

it does not work! first i tried the ntbackup utility files from a regular XP computer, no luck. i have now tried using the ntbackup utility files from a Win2k3 Server 64bit install, and i get a different error, but still no luck. i would be so unbelievably greatful to anyone who can figure this out. be as creative or technical as you can, i really really really want this to work. the winner will get karma every day until trackr.

this is the error logged in the event viewer whenever i attempt to run the backup:

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: An error occured calling QueryInterface from IVssCoordinator to IVssShim. hr = 0x80004002.

there are a couple things to keep in mind:

i have vista ultimate x64
i cannot move any data to a different partition.
i will not use xcopy, as i want the data compressed into one file for portability and size reasons.
i will not pay for a third-party utility.

good luck!

Last edited by steelie34 (2008-03-05 11:34:35)

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2008-03-05 12:02:26

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6800|...

xcopy to temp + command line zip

2008-03-05 12:10:55

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6659|the land of bourbon

jsnipy wrote:
xcopy to temp + command line zip

hmmm... that might work. i was hoping to have a more "automatic" type of thing that could handle incremental style backups, but since the ntbackup thingy sucks, i might be stuck doing all the files, all the time... i can see this getting messy over time if i tried to break it up into pieces. i like my archive flags to be set, it involves less thinking on my part. but anyway, kudos to you for actually suggesting something. anyone else have any ideas?

2008-03-05 12:16:54

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6800|...

steelie34 wrote:
jsnipy wrote:
xcopy to temp + command line zip
hmmm... that might work. i was hoping to have a more "automatic" type of thing that could handle incremental style backups, but since the ntbackup thingy sucks, i might be stuck doing all the files, all the time... i can see this getting messy over time if i tried to break it up into pieces. i like my archive flags to be set, it involves less thinking on my part. but anyway, kudos to you for actually suggesting something. anyone else have any ideas?

It could be incremental, since xcopy can copy using the archive bit and a zip archive can be appended into.

izarc has a decent command line zip tool: http://www.izarc.org/download.html

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IZARCC /? wrote:

Code:

Commands:

    a               : add files to archive (default action)
    u               : update files to archive
    m               : move files to archive (files only)
    d               : delete files from archive

    r               : recurse into subfolders (include subfolders)
    p|P             : store relative pathnames|store full pathnames
    c<0|f|n|x|b>    : set the compression level (0 - store; f - fast;
                      n - normal; x - maximum; b - maximum (bzip2)
    e<0..2>         : set encryption method (with password for ZIP, BH or JAR)
                      0 - default Zip 2; 1 - AES-128bit; 2 - AES-256bit
    s<password>     : specify a password
    o               : change the archive's date to the newest
                      file's date in archive
    w               : include system and hidden files
    $<directory>    : set custom temp directory
    @list           : compress the files listed in specified list
    x<file>         : exclude specified file from the compression process
    x@list          : exclude the files listed in specified list

throw it on a scheduled task it would be quite automatic

Last edited by jsnipy (2008-03-05 12:20:10)

2008-03-05 12:17:29

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6669

Believe it or not, the IBM utility for backing up Vista is pretty decent. Not sure if it'll work on computers made by other manufacturers, though.

2008-03-05 12:25:58

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6659|the land of bourbon

jsnipy wrote:
steelie34 wrote:
jsnipy wrote:
xcopy to temp + command line zip
hmmm... that might work. i was hoping to have a more "automatic" type of thing that could handle incremental style backups, but since the ntbackup thingy sucks, i might be stuck doing all the files, all the time... i can see this getting messy over time if i tried to break it up into pieces. i like my archive flags to be set, it involves less thinking on my part. but anyway, kudos to you for actually suggesting something. anyone else have any ideas?
It could be incremental, since xcopy can copy using the archive bit and a zip archive can be appended into.

izarc has a decent command line zip tool: http://www.izarc.org/download.html

edit:
IZARCC /? wrote:
Code:
Commands:

    a               : add files to archive (default action)
    u               : update files to archive
    m               : move files to archive (files only)
    d               : delete files from archive

    r               : recurse into subfolders (include subfolders)
    p|P             : store relative pathnames|store full pathnames
    c<0|f|n|x|b>    : set the compression level (0 - store; f - fast;
                      n - normal; x - maximum; b - maximum (bzip2)
    e<0..2>         : set encryption method (with password for ZIP, BH or JAR)
                      0 - default Zip 2; 1 - AES-128bit; 2 - AES-256bit
    s<password>     : specify a password
    o               : change the archive's date to the newest
                      file's date in archive
    w               : include system and hidden files
    $<directory>    : set custom temp directory
    @list           : compress the files listed in specified list
    x<file>         : exclude specified file from the compression process
    x@list          : exclude the files listed in specified list
throw it on a scheduled task it would be quite automatic

i had no idea xcopy could do that... it's exactly what the guiness guys say!

Last edited by steelie34 (2008-03-05 12:27:56)

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