How do I backup two separate drives to two separate locations?

[penn919]

I apologize in advance if this post might seem convoluted. I hope you can bear with me for a moment.

About 3 to 4 years ago, I decided to buy a second internal drive to store my steam library and also to store my system image/file backups (using the windows 7 backup tool). The system/file backup is on it's own designated partition and I have my steam library (along with other very large files such as movies and disc ISOs) on another partition on that same drive.

With this setup, My operating system drive is protected against failure; however the partition on the second drive where I house my steam games and other large files aren't protected in the case that the second HDD dies.

Newegg recently had a deal going for the Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB external HDD that was selling for $79.88 which I jumped on. I want to use the drive to store automatic back ups of my steam library/large file partition.

Based on what I read on social.technet.microsoft.com, it seems as though windows doesn't have a feature built-in that would allow me to set up two separate backup locations or two separate back up sources. In my case, I would need both of those features.

Is there any kind of work around so that I can get that Steam Library/Large File partition backed up automatically at regular intervals like how I have my windows backup configured?

I know I'm not so good with words sometimes. I have this nasty habit of weaving my words into confusion, but the thread below should also help you get a good idea of what I'm looking for. It looks like we're seeking a similar solution.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/a1e34b0e-f656-4ebc-98da-697d46dd023a/windows-7-professional-multiple-backups?forum=windowsbackup

Thanks in advance.

 

[penn919]

Nevermind. I've started to learn more about the robocopy command. It seemed a bit too complex at first, but after encountering numerous references to it while searching through forums, I decided to give it a try. I created a batch file with the commands needed to backup the entire partition and even update the backup only with either new files (or removed files) from here on out via the /MIR switch.

you can learn more about the command here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145.aspx
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1073.robocopy-and-a-few-examples.aspx

 

[LovelySandriana]

robocopy do most what I need in this field and you can learn robocopy from here

Robocopy Commands: Data Migration, Folder Sync, and More

Master robocopy commands for data migration, syncing folders, and copying large files.

adamtheautomator.com

also, you can use robocopy switches
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy
and you can try the GUI version from robocopy if you don't like coding
https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=choeazycopy
but I am done from robocopy after I faced the problem shown in this link
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/robocopy-long-path-names-and-symlinks.3566477/#post-21536384

 

[USAFRet]

robocopy do most what I need in this field and you can learn robocopy from here

Robocopy Commands: Data Migration, Folder Sync, and More

Master robocopy commands for data migration, syncing folders, and copying large files.

adamtheautomator.com

also, you can use robocopy switches
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy
and you can try the GUI version from robocopy if you don't like coding
https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=choeazycopy
but I am done from robocopy after I faced the problem shown in this link
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/robocopy-long-path-names-and-symlinks.3566477/#post-21536384

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Please don't do this.