windows - How to backup a flash drive automatically each time I plug it in?
2014-07
user328748
I remember using a program to do this in the past, but I can't find it anymore.
Regardless of that, in Windows is there a way I can automatically backup a USB flash drive each time I plug it in?
Julian Knight
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Rewrite to match @techie007's edit of the question:
The easiest way to do an automatic backup when plugging in a USB flash drive is to use a 3rd-party tool such as Syncback. This detects drives being connected and can also detect specific drive ID's and run backups accordingly.
While it is also possible to do this by monitoring Windows Management Interface (WMI) events, I wouldn't recommend it for doing backups as the possibilities for error - and therefore the backup failing - are significant.
InFreefall
I have an 8GB flash drive that I would like to back up to a hard drive. My current plan is to use a Folder Action Script to automatically run "rdiff-backup FlashDriveDirectory BackupDirectory". Does anyone know what happens if the flash drive is disconnected while rdiff-backup is running? Will the backup directory be corrupted? Since this is an 8GB drive, there may not always be time to run the backup.
tobylane