Note: This procedure requires a second drive or partition

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Type notepad then click

Once Notepad opens, copy and paste into Notepad the following:

xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\*.*" "d:\Backup" /d /e /c /h /y

Click Here for more information on xcopy and the various switches

Then Click File then Save As… then name the file Backup.bat , pick somewhere to save it (anywhere, just as long as you remember where it is)

Now when you want to run a backup, simply double click on Backup.bat , the first time (and only the first time) you run this windows will ask you if you are trying to create a file or directory. Type "d" for directory.