Comments on: RichCopy – Windows 7 backup

By: gfisk

gfisk — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 23:57:58 +0000

Tim – thanks for posting the options, and I think you’re right. I was fairly new to Windows 7 and didn’t know about symlinks or junction points. The issue was likely at the keyboard :-)

I recently revisited Robocopy to build a flexible backup script. Code and download here: http://www.gfisk.com/windows-7-backup/

By: Tim Ehat

Tim Ehat — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:43:18 +0000

I’m guessing your issue was robocopy following symlinks and junction points when backing up, causing a loop in some areas so the same data was being backed up multiple times and filling your drive. The /XJ and /SL options may have been helpful. Looks like you already figured out something else that works (and perhaps this is outdated info for you now that a few years have passed). May help someone else along the way, though. :)

By: David Ellis

David Ellis — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:32:50 +0000

Trying RichCopy 4.0.217.0 on x64 win7ult to mirror (purge) portions of three 2TB drives to 4th 2TB drive on one computer. I want directory time and date copied and some directories and files excluded. (The requirement to copy directory timestamps eliminates most Windows 7 backup products i have tried so far.) RichCopy does a good job of not copying hidden, system, etc., directories when requested to do so.

During tests the required directories/files are copied. But directories/folders that have been deleted in the source remain intact at the target, in spite of specifying ‘method’ as ‘purge’. My testing of ‘exclude’ directories is far from comprehensive. Exclude files works as expected when using such strings as ‘*.avi’. Information on the structure of strings in the ‘Condition to Exclude Directories’ field in Options is hard to find. Experiments have been less than fruitful.

If anyone can suggest x64 Win7 GUI backup software that will satisfy these requirements, I’d be most grateful.
–David

By: Roy Kaplan

Roy Kaplan — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:33:34 +0000

Have anyone really tested this utility. Whenever I create a profile and do a save as and I go to open the profile later, none of my data is there. Beware if so called great utilities that have no supporty and no QA to speak of. Has anyone tried it in windows 7? Because it looks good mean exactly nothing without support and good QA.