Comments for Carl's blog http://www.css-networks.com Carl's geek blog Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:58:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on How to automatically detect removable drive’s assigned letter in backup scripts. by Carl http://www.css-networks.com/2011/02/how-to-automatically-detect-removable-drives-assigned-letter-in-backup-scripts/#comment-10335 Carl Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:58:11 +0000 http://www.css-networks.com/?p=125#comment-10335 It seems I forgot to say. You have to create a file called drvid.txt and put that in the root of the removable disk. When the script is called without parameters, the script calls itself with a drive letter as a parameter, and checks to see if drvid.txt exists on that drive. It does this continually through each of the drive letters in the array (%%a), until drvid.txt is found on that drive. It then sets the variable %DRVID% to that letter, so you can do "backup to %DRVID%" later on in the script. It seems I forgot to say. You have to create a file called drvid.txt and put that in the root of the removable disk.
When the script is called without parameters, the script calls itself with a drive letter as a parameter, and checks to see if drvid.txt exists on that drive. It does this continually through each of the drive letters in the array (%%a), until drvid.txt is found on that drive. It then sets the variable %DRVID% to that letter, so you can do “backup to %DRVID%” later on in the script.

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]]> Comment on How to automatically detect removable drive’s assigned letter in backup scripts. by Ted http://www.css-networks.com/2011/02/how-to-automatically-detect-removable-drives-assigned-letter-in-backup-scripts/#comment-5324 Ted Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:54:56 +0000 http://www.css-networks.com/?p=125#comment-5324 I used a pause comment at the end to view what was happening step-by-step, and figure out the problem. How do you specify File or Directory in the script so that you dont have to manually enter it. I used a pause comment at the end to view what was happening step-by-step, and figure out the problem. How do you specify File or Directory in the script so that you dont have to manually enter it.

]]> Comment on How to automatically detect removable drive’s assigned letter in backup scripts. by Ted http://www.css-networks.com/2011/02/how-to-automatically-detect-removable-drives-assigned-letter-in-backup-scripts/#comment-5323 Ted Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:30:23 +0000 http://www.css-networks.com/?p=125#comment-5323 Correction: Copied script to the comment wrong. @echo off if %1.==. goto noparams goto drvid :noparams for %%a in (d e f g h i j k l m n o p q R s t u v w x y z) do call %0 %%a :drvid echo Checking if backup drive is mounted as drive %1: if exist %1:\drvid.txt goto found goto end :found Set DRVID=%1 echo Drive found as %DRVID%: XCOPY C:\test %DRVID%:\test :end Correction: Copied script to the comment wrong.

@echo off
if %1.==. goto noparams
goto drvid

:noparams

for %%a in (d e f g h i j k l m n o p q R s t u v w x y z) do call %0 %%a

:drvid
echo Checking if backup drive is mounted as drive %1:
if exist %1:\drvid.txt goto found
goto end

:found
Set DRVID=%1
echo Drive found as %DRVID%:
XCOPY C:\test %DRVID%:\test

:end

]]> Comment on How to automatically detect removable drive’s assigned letter in backup scripts. by Ted http://www.css-networks.com/2011/02/how-to-automatically-detect-removable-drives-assigned-letter-in-backup-scripts/#comment-5322 Ted Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:28:43 +0000 http://www.css-networks.com/?p=125#comment-5322 Can you explain what the "If exist %1:\drvid.txt" is for? Does this mean it only copies the information to drives that have that file? I copied the script, changed the backup code, and ran it, but it still didn't work. @echo off if %1.==. goto noparams goto drvid :noparams for %%a in (d e f g h i j k l m n o p q R s t u v w x y z) do call %0 %%a :drvid echo Checking if backup drive is mounted as drive %1: if exist %1:\drvid.txt goto found goto end :found Set DRVID=%1 echo Drive found as %DRVID%: USE: XCOPY C:\test %DRVID%:\test :end any suggestions? Can you explain what the “If exist %1:\drvid.txt” is for? Does this mean it only copies the information to drives that have that file?

I copied the script, changed the backup code, and ran it, but it still didn’t work.

@echo off
if %1.==. goto noparams
goto drvid

:noparams

for %%a in (d e f g h i j k l m n o p q R s t u v w x y z) do call %0 %%a

:drvid
echo Checking if backup drive is mounted as drive %1:
if exist %1:\drvid.txt goto found
goto end

:found
Set DRVID=%1
echo Drive found as %DRVID%:

USE: XCOPY C:\test %DRVID%:\test

:end

any suggestions?

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]]> Comment on Recovering from Windows registry hive corruption, the smart way. by AF http://www.css-networks.com/2010/12/recovering-from-windows-registry-hive-corruption-the-clever-or-smart-way/#comment-4586 AF Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:35:38 +0000 http://www.css-networks.com/?p=87#comment-4586 I too have the same problem .. if any one know of a fix .. please let us know .. thanks I too have the same problem .. if any one know of a fix .. please let us know .. thanks

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