auto backup

Technical Programming
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since the build season is coming soon and the only way for me to get files off my laptop is through a compact flash card. i need to be able to write an automatic backup utility. what i mean is when i insert the reader into my other laptop i want it to automatically everything on the card onto the harddrive.

edit
i have been able to write a batch file that will backup the data i just need it to run automatically

edit #2
does any1 know of a way that i could trick windows into thinking that the cf card is a cd becasue in xp/nt based oses it wont allow autorun from removable media

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They will. In fact, my version of XP looks for autorun anywhere when ever I stick in a USB key.

It’s a registry hack, and in MSDN. (like here.)

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what i mean by autorun is when you have a file called autorun.inf on the cd or whatever this quote

** Note** Autorun.inf files are not supported under Microsoft Windows XP for drives that return DRIVE_REMOVABLE from GetDriveType.
so this is why i need to trick it into thinking its a cd

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While it may be a great idea, making it happen sounds like more work than just manually double clicking on CF drive and hitting Ctrl-A-C and double clicking on HD and hitting Ctrl-V each time. It is really a quick process hitting the mouse button and keys, and it will copy everything in the background while you go about your other tasks.

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What you could do is have an application wait for the usb key to come, then do the backing up/syncronizing. (a local CVS repository could be handy for this…)

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i have no clue how to use these.

if i cant figure it out tonite il just use the short cut to the batch file i made

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If you have access to VB, you can use the Microsoft SysInfo control for the notifications.

CVS is a command line utility.

Check the appropriate help for details.

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i dont have access to VB

9

Would anyone like to address the issue of “why”?

See, you can spend ten years developing a bullet train that will cross the country in half a day - ten years from now. Or you can start walking now and be at the other side in about 3 months. Who gets there first? The walker. Also, the walker can make the trip 40 times before the bullet train ever makes its first trip.

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We don’t get anywhere when we don’t try to improve upon old ways, and pessimism gets us no where. There is some software that will do what you want. Finding the free stuff is what’s hard.