Windows 10: After Moving Documents folder, Windows Backup reports "The backup completed but some files...

After using the Move function to transfer the location of my Documents, Videos, Music and Pictures folders to a new drive with more space, Windows Backup complains about skipping those folders. It should be aware that they've been moved and report the backup as successful vs. throwing up errors. - How can this be fixed?Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 Installed on ‎11/‎6/‎2022 OS build 22621.3007 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22681.1000.0 Backup encountered a problem while backing up file C:\Users\lrirwin\Pictures\Camera Roll. Error:The system cannot find the path specifi

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Cheap automatic backup for My Documents

Then use the Robocopy command. Here is the bat file I use to backup my data:

Code: @Echo. @Echo Backing Up @Echo. @robocopy C:\Users\Administrator\Documents C:\Backup\Documents /MIR /ZB >> log.txt @Echo. @Echo Success! @Pause[/quote] This will only backup files that are new or changed, so after the first backup, it is a lot quicker than recopying every file every time you backup. Also if you delete a file from your documents folder, say because you don't need it anymore, it will be removed from the backup location also.

 

Cheap automatic backup for My Documents

[/quote]This will only backup files that are new or changed, so after the first backup, it is a lot quicker than recopying every file every time you backup. Click to expand... What is the advantage of robocopy over xcopy?

 

Cheap automatic backup for My Documents

you also can use a zip/rar compressor(in a bat file) to take less space on usb stick

thrall you can use windows backup and select only this folder mydocuments...*Smile

but remember this two solutions will do only a new backup

can't do an incremental backup