Question

Windows

The owner at the Office Supply Start-up company is concerned about losing critical files in the structure you built for them. She wants you to create a script that will automate a periodic file backup to a directory called backup on the local drive.

To do this, you should create a script that meets the following parameters:

• User’s home directory is backed up on Tuesday and Thursday nights at midnight EST.

• Company files are backed up on Monday, Wednesday, Friday nights at midnight EST.

• Payroll backups occur on the 1st and 15th of each month.

Using PowerShell

Answer 1

1. Ever worried you'd lose a sensitive document, perhaps your birth certificate or ID card? The best safeguard is to copy it and use the copy by default, while keeping the original stored away in a file cabinet or safe.
2. Backing up your digital files is the same. A backup is just "an extra copy of data in case the original is lost or damaged". In some ways, having the same file on your phone and computer is a backup, as is having the same file on your computer and in Dropbox or iCloud.
3. The problem is, you could lose your phone and computer the same day. Or, you could delete your file in Dropbox, which would instantly remove it from your computer, too.
4. That's why you should have a backup of all your data that's stored somewhere safe and separate from your everyday devices (like on an external hard drive, or a remote server). Then if you delete something, or your computer dies, you can pull discarded files out of the digital dumpster.

How to Back Up Everything

1. Years ago, when you only had one desktop PC with a copy of Microsoft Office and Creative Suite, backing up your data was easy.
2. Today, your documents are scattered across apps like Google Docs, Spotify, Evernote, and a handful of social networks.
3. Your backup strategy needs updated to fit today's workflows. Instead of simply dragging some files to a flash drive, you need to download an archive of everything from your favorite web apps—and remember to do it on a schedule.
4. Apps with integrations can automatically save copies of your data to another app. Then, once you have all of your files on your computer, it's time to create a true backup of everything.