Xxclone freeware automation

[Claude]

G'Day
1. I have downloaded XXclone freeware successfully and installed.
2. Overcome the 137gb prob by using Q331958_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe.
3. Intitiated .bat file and successfully tested out the Full Backup
that Xxclone freeware offers.

4. Reading 'what you can do' and 'How to do it' using the .bat file
still confuses me!....I have never been DOS literate....and have
failed...

5.Currently my .bat file reads
"XXCLONE C: G:Clone /backup1 /debug /bc:7 /ni:0 /start
Which mean that I have to manual - Start - confirm etc.

6. What parameters do I need add to my current .bat file "XXCLONE C:
G:Clone /backup1 /debug /bc:7 /ni:0 /start" ..............to achieve
automation
i.e. Select XXclone bat file -click, and xxclone begins to proceed
with Full Backup.

Are there any parameters that will do it?
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Prior to discovering Xxclone (thanks rotaiv)
I used XXcopy's .bat "xxcopy C:\ G:\ /clone /yy /PB"

Will the parameter YY do the job with Xxclone?

Would appreciate any advise..........that would either solve my
question or consider other options.

Claude

[Kan Yabumoto]

Claude wrote:

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> 4. Reading 'what you can do' and 'How to do it' using the
> .bat file still confuses me!....I have never been DOS
> literate....and have failed...

Although a batch file allows you to make a multiple-step script,
you need not make a batch file if the "script" is just one step.

That is, you may execute the XXCLONE program with all the
command-line arguments without making a batch file if the
idea of a batch file is so frightening to you.

Here's how to to create a one-step "script" (it's hardly a script).

1. Right-click the mouse at an empty area on your Desktop.

2. In the floating menu, select New > Shortcut

3. In the box labeled "Type the location of the item:",
enter the whole command line (not just the file name)
E.g.,

xxclone C: G: /backup1 /bc:7

4. Click the Next button and give a name to the shortcut.
E.g.,

xxclone_C_to_G

5. Click "Finish" and you are done.

Now, you can examine what you made by examining the properties
of the shortcut icon (by right-click > Properties).
You will then find that the "verb", xxclone was automatically
expanded to a more general form of "%windir%\system32\xxclone.exe"
that is followed by the command argument you entered.

In essence, Windows' shortcut supports the user-defined command
arguments that behave like a one-step script.

This is equivalent to making a one-line batch file.
That is, the real power of the batch file is in creating
a multiple-step script (in that case, you create a plain
text file --- edited by NotePad and save multi-line text
file and name the file with the ".BAT" ending).

In that case, you need not open a "DOS Box" in order to run
the batch file script. If a shortcut is pointing to the
batch file, a double-click of the shortcut will automatically
open a "DOS Box" for you (Since a batch file always requires
a DOS Box environment, the system will automatically provide
one when a batch file in invoked).

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Note that the XXCLONE Freeware does not support a fully-automated
script (for unattended operations). Therefore, the /START
switch has no effect with the Freeware. You need XXCLONE-Pro
to fully automate the operation.

Kan Yabumoto