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imrock

i am using laptop for NU so that it doesn't make noise.but i want to get it on my desktop.i have to go to school at 7AM and the end of NU is 8AM so i want to copy my downloaded files automatically at 7:55AM to my pen drive.

IS there any batch file method for this?
PLz help me.

meetdilip

Instead, you can set your Pen drive as download location in utorrent or IDM. By that way there is no need to copy.

newprouser

You can use file synchronization software to do what you asked for. Dunno and particular names, jus google and see.


that would not be suitable for torrents which require a lot read-writes and all.

meetdilip

I am using my HDD with case, through USB port. All my torrents are download to this drive.

newprouser

pen drive uses flash memory while HDD uses magnetic storage.

A flash drives read-write cycles are limited and so its best to avoid as much as possible. and its one reason why the newer SSD HDD's don't require/should not be defragmented.

meetdilip

Thanks for the info.

imrock

what about microsoft synctoy

Varad Dilip Choudhari

don't select Pendrive as u r download location, one of my fnrds PD got corrupt due to this.

kirankumargb

player,

give me your locations on HDD (total path where files will be downloaded) and the drive letter where files have to be copied. Ill give you a batch file and you can keep it in windows schedule and it will copy all the files in that specified folder to the pen drive

essbee

You can use task scheduler and create a task which fires at 7:55 AM. In case the file names are different, create a batch file which copies all the files in your download location to your pen drive and then deletes the files from your HDD...

Cheers

kirankumargb

That was what I was doing now
Just create a batch file for him which copies all the files in that location to the drive

newprouser

how long did it last ??
xcopy ?

kirankumargb

yes np can use xcopy else just use copy *.* (of) to (xxx).

newprouser

copy will work onnly for files and not if there are any directories.

essbee

Actually XCOPY though present in Vista has been deprecated in favour of ROBOCOPY (ROBust File COPY) in all versions of windows since XP. Just type robocopy /? in a command window to get a list of parameters supported.
Actually, you can use only robocopy to achieve what is required out here but the downside is that you have write a longish script.
However I just discovered a GUI script available at Free Utility: RichCopy, an Advanced Alternative to RoboCopy which would be able to do this job...

Take a look and let me know...

Cheers

newprouser

thanks essbebe, for the info

rep+

kirankumargb

yes correct. I forgot to mention that.

Varad Dilip Choudhari

it lasted for about a week

newprouser

its much much worse than i thought

essbee

Surprising. Since what matters in flash media is the number of write cycles and not just simple reads. Most torrent clients cache data and then write so that the number of writes is minimised. It may be interesting if some one has an old pen drive lying around to experiment with the cache settings and see how long it takes to trash the drive - just kidding of course...