BackUp Script

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Latest version: Download

Actions after downloading

1. Unzip to a convenient location.
2. Open backup_script_en.ps1 and customize it for yourself. Almost all parameters have a description, below are some aspects that may not be entirely obvious.
3. In Task Scheduler create a new task with the action Start a program, in the Program/script field, enter:

Powershell

• In the Add arguments field, enter:

-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -File "%userprofile%\Desktop\BackupScript\backup_script_en.ps1"

Note

I added the path to the file in the arguments as an example, but you must specify the full path to the folder with the script there! The path specified in the example leads to the BackupScript folder on the desktop. %userprofile% - macro for accessing the user folder

Caution

Check if everything was done correctly by forcing the task. To do this, in the task scheduler, select the task you created and click Run, or right-click on this task and click Run.

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Additional information

• Date

  To create backups more often than once a day, there are 2 options:

  • update the data in the archive, no action is required for this. In this case, only the data that has changed since the previous backup of the same day will be added;
  • if separate archives are required, you need to change the date format in the variable $date = Get-Date -Format "yyyy_MM_dd" to $date = Get-Date -Format "yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm" i.e. add hours and minutes.

• List sources and exclusions

• Add task to Task Scheduler

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