MisterZuzu
Technical User
A trick I use on small network file servers (pre-xp) is to
1. equip the machine with 2 hard drives
2. write a batch file to
(a) deltree /Y d: (b) xcopy32 /c /h /e /k c:\ d:3. add the batch file to the task scheduler to run before
the tape backup.
Thus, I have two backups, one on-site and the other off-site (the tape). If either hard drive fails, I can set jumpers and have my client up and running in just a few minutes. If the primary fails, they lose the work done so far that day. If the secondary fails, they lose nothing. I prefer this to mirroring because if a controller goes bad, it will write garbage to both mirrored drives.
My problem is that XP doesn't have DELTREE. I copied it from Windows 98 to XP but it doesn't work exactly right. It deletes all the files but not the directories. I could format the 2nd drive (and redirect FROM an input file containing a "Y"
but then Norton AV would pop up and not allow the process to continue until someone says its okay.
The key word here is "unattended".
Can anyone tell me how to have D: drive cleared automatically and unattended from the task scheduler?
I'm looking at vbs but it's new to me and it may take a while. I'm an old DOS BATCHER.
Thanks in advance.
1. equip the machine with 2 hard drives
2. write a batch file to
(a) deltree /Y d: (b) xcopy32 /c /h /e /k c:\ d:3. add the batch file to the task scheduler to run before
the tape backup.
Thus, I have two backups, one on-site and the other off-site (the tape). If either hard drive fails, I can set jumpers and have my client up and running in just a few minutes. If the primary fails, they lose the work done so far that day. If the secondary fails, they lose nothing. I prefer this to mirroring because if a controller goes bad, it will write garbage to both mirrored drives.
My problem is that XP doesn't have DELTREE. I copied it from Windows 98 to XP but it doesn't work exactly right. It deletes all the files but not the directories. I could format the 2nd drive (and redirect FROM an input file containing a "Y"
but then Norton AV would pop up and not allow the process to continue until someone says its okay.The key word here is "unattended".
Can anyone tell me how to have D: drive cleared automatically and unattended from the task scheduler?
I'm looking at vbs but it's new to me and it may take a while. I'm an old DOS BATCHER.
Thanks in advance.
