Q78153: "Golden" (Complete) Backup and Restore

Article: Q78153
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:2.x,3.x,4.x,5.0
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 2.11, 3.1, 3.2, 3.21, 3.3, 3.3a, 4.0, 4.01, 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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The "golden" or complete BACKUP command backs up all files, beginning with the
designated directory. The complete RESTORE restores all files from the backup
disks, overwriting existing files and creating subdirectories as needed.

MORE INFORMATION
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To run a complete BACKUP, enter the following at the command prompt:

  " backup [source drive]:\[dir]\*.* [dest. drive]: /s " (without the quotation
  marks)

(Where [source drive] is the drive specification, [dir] is the optional directory
name containing the files to be backed up, and [dest. drive] is the target
location of the backup files.)

Example
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  backup c:\mydir\*.* a: /s

The above command will back up all files and all levels of subdirectories
contained within the MYDIR directory.

To run a complete RESTORE, enter the following at the command prompt:

  " restore [source drive]: [dest. drive]\*.* /s " (without the quotation
  marks)

(Where [source drive] is the location of the backup data and [dest. drive] is the
target location of the backup data.)

Example
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  restore a: c:\*.* /s

The above command will restore all files and subdirectories contained within the
backed up data.

NOTE: Using the RESTORE command as in the example above will overwrite all files
existing on the backup, without regard for updated or modified files.

REFERENCES
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"Microsoft MS-DOS User's Guide and Reference," version 5.0, pages 370-374,
555-557

Additional query words: full BACKUP.EXE RESTORE.EXE BACKUP.COM RESTORE.COM 3.0 3.00 3.1 3.10 3.2 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.3 3.30 3.3a 3.30a 4.0 4.00 4.0a 4.00a 4.01 4.01a 5.00

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Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS321 kbMSDOS400 kbMSDOS320 kbMSDOS330a kbMSDOS310 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS330 kbMSDOS401 kbMSDOS211
Version           : MS-DOS:2.x,3.x,4.x,5.0

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