Make Your Own Backup Program

[Arjun007ize]

Nice one,Subscribed.

[Zaraki195]

it did not work for me :(

[lizziemagic]

Quick question... everything seemed to be working, and then when I tried to run it it opened up for a second and then closed. What happened? How do I fix it?

[lister101]

@lizziemagic Try to open up cmd.exe, and then type:

cd [File Location]

[Name].bat

[Jameel819]

it dont work on Windows 7 :(

[xukaiteo]

can u copy game like gta IV?

[soaffb1337]

@xukaiteo should work for any file...space permitting

[S0LlDF0X]

@xukaiteo if you got 7 hours -_-

[leafblowinSK8]

Thats fucking awseome, but when you write your own programs (small programs) do you write them in notepad and save them as diffrent file types like .BAT or .TXT ??

[DOTNSF1]

y dont it work for me?

is it cus im on XP and not Vista?

or do i av 2 type it different in XP?

plz help

[robotman5]

it doesnt seem to work on XP

[Jimmy64210]

Work on XP??

[YTMrVulcan]

If you mean to ask if this works in Windows XP... In command prompt, type "robocopy". If you get something indicating the file couldn't be found, then you don't have robocopy, and you need to resort to copy.

If you don't have robocopy, then the options you have available will not be as extensive.

[71127695]

cool videoe

[ladykissthevelvet21]

I was just wondering if this will take up more space on my hard drive or something. It's always good to have a back up some kind. Please get back at me and let me know.

[YTMrVulcan]

Please choose the title for your video more carefully. This is not a program, it's a batch file.

[Ccsteph22]

A batch file is basicly a program.

It does things,

and instead of using exe

.bat is more simple.

exe and .bat are basicly the same,

exept .bat has a console

[ghostgunner302]

When I do run the program it just opens up DOS for like a tenth of a second and then closes, but doesn't make a new folder. Can anyone help me?

[chriswodicka]

it doesn't work for me because when i put in the directory path, it is c:\documents and settings..., and it says it doesnt recognize "documents". is there any way to make it recognize a space? i dont want to have to rename that folder, for it could mess up A LOT of things.

[wesnr]

well jut put "C:\Documents and Settings\whatever else here then another"

that should fix the problem

[Isramirez20]

Great as always! thumbs up.

[crysisbestgame]

what does the @echo off thingy do?

[krisu0100]

I know that @echo is begging of BAT-program, not so much experience of this like of stuff. Good video.

[crysisbestgame]

but does it actually do anything in particualr like stop automatics reapeats of lines or sumthing?

[ruin550]

it stops it from showing the directory you are in eg instead of showing C:/destop (or whatever) ti just let you type immensity

[chriswodicka]

in other words, it just makes everything that is happening with command prompt, all the stuff thats coming inside of it, invisible

[crysisbestgame]

Can you do a tutorial on how to make your own  mouse cursors out of your own JPEGs and a tutorial about some awesome software called SUPER (it converts literally anything to anything for free)

[cakk15]

I get 'robocopy' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

[gigafide]

here's the code:

@echo off

robocopy f:\ c:\backup /e /eta

exit

[cakk15]

Hmm i tried that it still doesnt work. Btw i have windows xp. Do i have to download something?

[gigafide]

Try it with different files to see if that helps. If it doesn't, replace robocopy with xcopy.

[cakk15]

Ok will it do same thing?

[SilentAssassin333]

@gigafide Yes, that worked for me too. I think Robocopy command must not be available in older Windows, such as XP, and as xcopy essentially does the same thing I guess it is the best way to going about making one's own simple backup program. Thanx for the great vid! :)

[regalen58]

@cakk15 ... Dont forget to "Run As Administrator" ... Then it will work..

[jasonwupilly]

@cakk15 Hey cakk just answering ur question from two YEARS ago lol ... if you have XP it *should* be included in the Windows 2003 Resource Kit BUT if it doesn't recognize it, you can download the Robocopy GUI from Microsoft Technet. xcopy works but according to wikipedia, it has a limit "Xcopy fails with insufficient memory when the path plus filename is longer than 254 characters." - hope that helped :P

[neo224278]

nice video very fast and clean.