This post will tell you how to take a backup of your important files, each time into different folder in Windows. Using Copywhiz, cool file copy and backup app for Windows.
An essential feature of a file backup tool is to take backup in a separate folder every time. This ensures that you have multiple versions of the same file set for safety.
Copywhiz can help you do this.
What is Copywhiz?
Copywhiz enhances your file-copy experience by letting you to have more flexibility & control over the file copying and backup process.
Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:
- Copy only new or modified files
- Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
- Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
- Copy files to multiple folders/computers
- Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
- Sync files between source and destination
- Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
- Schedule file backups
- Verify copied files for data integrity
- Retain security attributes of files & folders (ownership/user access)
- Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.
You can watch a short video depicting this feature:
Steps to copy files to a new folder each time:
1. Go to Windows File Explorer, select the files from the source folder, right-click and choose Copywhiz–>Copy as shown below:
2. Right-click inside the destination folder where you wish to copy the files and select Copywhiz–>Paste Advanced:
3. Copywhiz window will open with the destination folder already selected. You can suffix the destination folder with %date% or %datetime% to add current date to the folder name. This way, you can later find them using the date created.
4. Once the variables are added, click on ‘OK’ and ‘Paste Now,’ and a new folder will automatically be created based on the current date/time you specified.
5. You can save the selected files as a Copywhiz project and schedule a backup of the same set of files by clicking on the ‘Paste later (Schedule)’ button. Once clicked, the following Window will appear that will let you set your preferred backup frequency. After setting your preferred frequency, click on ‘Schedule Now’ so that Copywhiz automatically runs the projects at a specified time for creating multiple copies.
With Copywhiz, the copies will be created from time to time automatically even after you modify the files later on. You can create copies of your files every week, every day, or even every hour. You now have a complete file backup solution.
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