Windows 10: Start Backup Task upon USB Device Recognition if Last Modified >7 Days

Goal is to start a Backup-Task while or when a specific USB Device is present.

While researching I came across this old thread:


Task Scheduler: How to automatically synchronize my USB flash - Microsoft Community from SpiritX and tried to go from there.


unfortunatly this does not work properly and I am stuck, could need a little help getting this done.


#Requires -version 2.0

Register-WmiEvent -Class win32_VolumeChangeEvent -SourceIdentifier volumeChange

do{

$newEvent = Wait-Event -SourceIdentifier volumeChange

$eventType = $newEvent.SourceEventArgs.NewEvent.EventType

$eventTypeName = switch$eventType

{

1 {"Configuration changed"}

2 {"Device arrival"}

3 {"Device removal"}

4 {"docking"}

}

write-host get-date -format s " Event detected = " $eventTypeName

if $eventType -eq 4

{

$driveLetter = $newEvent.SourceEventArgs.NewEvent.DriveName

$driveLabel = [wmi]"Win32_LogicalDisk='$driveLetter'".VolumeName

write-host get-date -format s " Drive name = " $driveLetter

write-host get-date -format s " Drive label = " $driveLabel

if $driveLetter -eq 'X:' -and $driveLabel -eq 'Backup-Drive'

{

$fullPath = "X:\Backups"

$numdays = 7

$numhours = 0

$nummins = 0

}

function CheckFileDate$path, $days, $hours, $mins

{

$file = Get-ChildItem Sort-Object

{

[DateTime]:arseExact$_.BaseName,'\Te\s\t\-yyyyMMdd\-HHmm',$null

}

Select-Object -Last 1

{

if$_.LastWriteTime -lt Get-Date.AddDays-$days.AddHours-$hours.AddMinutes-$mins

}

write-host get-date -format s

start-sleep -seconds 300

start-ScheduledTask -AsJob -Taskpath "\%SystemRoot%\Tasks\" -TaskName "Backup1234"

}

if $eventType -eq 2
{

$driveLetter = $newEvent.SourceEventArgs.NewEvent.DriveName

$driveLabel = [wmi]"Win32_LogicalDisk='$driveLetter'".VolumeName

write-host get-date -format s " Drive name = " $driveLetter

write-host get-date -format s " Drive label = " $driveLabel

if $driveLetter -eq 'X:' -and $driveLabel -eq 'Backup-Drive'

{

$fullPath = "X:\Backups"

$numdays = 7

$numhours = 0

$nummins = 0

}

function CheckFileDate$path, $days, $hours, $mins

{

$file = Get-ChildItem Sort-Object

{

[DateTime]:arseExact$_.BaseName,'\Te\s\t\-yyyyMMdd\-HHmm',$null

}

Select-Object -Last 1

{

if$_.LastWriteTime -lt Get-Date.AddDays-$days.AddHours-$hours.AddMinutes-$mins

}

write-host get-date -format s

start-sleep -seconds 300

start-ScheduledTask -AsJob -Taskpath "\%SystemRoot%\Tasks\" -TaskName "Backup1234"

}

Remove-Event -SourceIdentifier volumeChange

} while 1-eq1 #Loop until next event

Unregister-Event -SourceIdentifier volumeChange

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