I am running winxp pro sp3 (I know I’m behind) and created a batch file to back up certain folders with important info that I run on a daily basis. This file was created about 3 years ago and worked until the latest program update.
When I try run it, it starts and soon stall out - can’t end or quit it even with going to task manager, processes tab and right click on xcopy end process or end process tree. Using the normal shut down method doesn’t work - have to do a hardware reset.
I tried disabling all shields - still hangs.
Tried booting into safe mode - the batch file works - takes about 20 minutes to run (about 3 gig of data) to an external usb2 drive.
The file name: temp-bu.bat between “”
"rem remove any connected usb drives
rem plug in usb drive labelled media (s1 on drive)
rem close any open applications
pause
del j:\desktop*.* /f /q /s
xcopy “C:\Documents and Settings\mike alterman\Desktop*.*” j:\desktop /v /y /s /e
del j:\my-docs*.* /f /q /s
xcopy “C:\Documents and Settings\mike alterman\My Documents*.*” j:\my-docs /v /y /s /e
del j:\gnupg*.* /f /q /s
xcopy “C:\Documents and Settings\mike alterman\Application Data\gnupg*.*” j:\gnupg /v /y /s /e
del j:\mozilla*.* /f /q /s
xcopy “C:\Documents and Settings\mike alterman\Application Data\Mozilla*.*” j:\mozilla /v /y /s /e
del j:\tb*.* /f /q /s
xcopy “C:\Documents and Settings\mike alterman\Application Data\Thunderbird*.*” j:\tb /v /y /s /e
del j:\phone*.* /f /q /s
xcopy “C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BVRP Software*.*” j:\phone /v /y /s /e
del j:\email*.* /f /q /s
xcopy “E:\email*.*” j:\email /v /y /s /e
del j:\ins-docs*.* /f /q /s
xcopy “E:\ins-docs*.*” j:\ins-docs /v /y /s /e
del j:\places*.* /f /q /s
xcopy “E:\places*.*” j:\places /v /y /s /e
del j:\med*.* /f /q /s
xcopy “F:\medical*.*” j:\med /v /y /s /e
del j:\estate*.* /f /q /s
xcopy “g:\estate*.*” j:\estate /v /y /s /e
pause"
I pasted the file content since ataching a batch file is not allowed
Any thoughts , suggestions or ideas as to what to do would be appreciated.