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From: s|b on 18 Jun 2010 15:03 On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:06:09 -0400, Mark Warner wrote: > It's about as simple as it gets. I was under the impression you were > setting this up for somebody. If that's the case, just set it up to do > everything automagically on a schedule and let it do its thing. As long > as the computer is powered up when the scheduled job time rolls around, > it will run it. In fact, I believe it can also be set to run any missed > jobs on startup (it's been a while for me). I don't want it to run automatically. It needs to start manually. The data will be stored to an external hdd and IMO it's unwise to leave it plugged it since it's supposed to be a backup. If there's a lightning strike and the external hdd is plugged in... you get the idea. Does it work with a simple command? (After I've set it up to copy certain files to the external hdd, which path is fixed to X:). In FBBackup all you need to do is Action > Start and LaCie Backup will work after a single click on OK. This is what I'm looking for. -- s|b
From: Mark Warner on 18 Jun 2010 15:08 s|b wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:06:09 -0400, Mark Warner wrote: >> >> It's about as simple as it gets. I was under the impression you were >> setting this up for somebody. If that's the case, just set it up to do >> everything automagically on a schedule and let it do its thing. As long >> as the computer is powered up when the scheduled job time rolls around, >> it will run it. In fact, I believe it can also be set to run any missed >> jobs on startup (it's been a while for me). > > I don't want it to run automatically. It needs to start manually. The > data will be stored to an external hdd and IMO it's unwise to leave it > plugged it since it's supposed to be a backup. If there's a lightning > strike and the external hdd is plugged in... you get the idea. > > Does it work with a simple command? (After I've set it up to copy > certain files to the external hdd, which path is fixed to X:). In > FBBackup all you need to do is Action > Start and LaCie Backup will work > after a single click on OK. This is what I'm looking for. Should be able to set up a shortcut that will do exactly what you want. Only thing that might screw it (or any other program, for that matter) up is if the external gets assigned different drive letters by Windows if they use other USB devices (like a thumb drive). -- Mark Warner ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Duddits on 18 Jun 2010 16:29 On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:03:10 +0200, "s|b" <me(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: >On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:06:09 -0400, Mark Warner wrote: > >> It's about as simple as it gets. I was under the impression you were >> setting this up for somebody. If that's the case, just set it up to do >> everything automagically on a schedule and let it do its thing. As long >> as the computer is powered up when the scheduled job time rolls around, >> it will run it. In fact, I believe it can also be set to run any missed >> jobs on startup (it's been a while for me). > >I don't want it to run automatically. It needs to start manually. The >data will be stored to an external hdd and IMO it's unwise to leave it >plugged it since it's supposed to be a backup. If there's a lightning >strike and the external hdd is plugged in... you get the idea. > >Does it work with a simple command? (After I've set it up to copy >certain files to the external hdd, which path is fixed to X:). In >FBBackup all you need to do is Action > Start and LaCie Backup will work >after a single click on OK. This is what I'm looking for. Paragon is giving away a full featured backup program. It's a no-brainer to use and can do simple backups as well as entire drives. It may be overkill for what you want but it is *very* user friendly and will even burn to DVD or CD if you wish. Paragon Software is offering their Backup & Recovery 10 Compact Edition Software exclusively to Techbargains <http://www.techbargains.com> users for Free today through 6/19 (Exp 8am EST). Windows 7 and 64-bit Operating Systems supported. During the Giveaway period Paragon Software provides technical support through Twitter here. You can post any questions you have in regards to downloading, registering and using the software. Paragon Software�s support team will reply to you as soon as possible. http://www.paragon-software.com/home/brc/free-download.html I use an earlier Paragon give-a-way (Drive Backup 9 Pro) and don't use this version so YMMV. Everything that I've ever tried from Paragon exceeds expectations. regards Dud -- Easy ACF Troll filter: 1. Add Franklin, Hummingbird, Bear Bottoms, Ari, David W, Jeffrey Bloss, Nicodemus and John Stubbings. 2. Add *anyone* who replies to them. 3. Filter posts from Google Groups 4. Filter posts from x-privat.org 5. Filter posts from theremailer 6. Filter crossposts 7. Enjoy ACF! 8. More Info here: http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/forgery.htm <rev20100104>
From: UnsteadyKen on 18 Jun 2010 16:36 s|b said... > Does it work with a simple command? (After I've set it up to copy > certain files to the external hdd, which path is fixed to X:). In > FBBackup all you need to do is Action > Start and LaCie Backup will work > after a single click on OK. This is what I'm looking for. Yes, Karen's Replicator can do precisely that. Once you have set up the job/jobs then you can save shortcuts which will automatically run the selected jobs when clicked. Screengrab of my setup here... http://www.btinternet.com/~unsteadyken/afoto/index.html -- Ken O'Meara http://www.btinternet.com/~unsteadyken/
From: s|b on 18 Jun 2010 17:11
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:08:31 -0400, Mark Warner wrote: > Should be able to set up a shortcut that will do exactly what you want. This is a built-in function, setting up such a shortcut? > Only thing that might screw it (or any other program, for that matter) > up is if the external gets assigned different drive letters by Windows > if they use other USB devices (like a thumb drive). Ok, Mark, I'll give it a try. The external /should/ get X: as a drive letter; I've changed this in Disk Management. -- s|b |