Backup

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Is it possible to automatically backup certain folder the same way RAID 1 or 0 (the one for backup) does. I mean, I have my main 40gb HDD and can I use a smaller old HDD to backup whatever is saved in certain important folders ?

Of course I can do this manually, but human brain being what it is, it will most likely end up being forgotten and/or just let aside. So, is there a way to do that, if so, how ?
 
A simple way would be to make a batch file that copies the directory to the second hard drive. After you have what working use windows scheduled tasks to run it automatically at a certain time every month, week or day as needed.
 
A batch file is just a plain text file with a .bat extension. In it you put DOS commandsand it runs them in order.

xcopy c:\source e:\destination /S

That will copy all files, directories and sub directories (unless they are empty). Repeat it for any directories you want backed up from different paths. If you don't want it to ask to overwrite files add /Y
 
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