Jaz Drive Backups

Steps for the archival of Smartcaster data with a Jaz drive

Important Note: This example assumes that J: is the drive letter of the Jaz drive. This is likely NOT the case on your system. You will have to substitute your actual Jaz drive letter in the steps below. You will also have to change the drive letter of the source drive you want to backup.

1. Delete previous backup from the Jaz cartridge:
   Type deltree *.* J: then press Enter
   
   (You will need to do this for each cartridge)
   Deltree *.* (clears the drive) J: (the letter of the Jaz drive)
2. Perform the backup:
   Type xcopy D:\maudio\*.* J: /M then press Enter
   
   xcopy (the bulk copy command) D:\maudio\*.* (drive and directory of source files) J: (the letter of the Jaz drive) /m (marks files with the archive bit).
   If you are backing up a drive that is larger than the 1 gig Jaz cartridge you will need to re-issue the above command after the first cartridge has filled up.
3. Set the archive setting back when done:
   Type attrib +a D:\maudio\*.* /s then press Enter
   
   (Only do this command after all the copying is done.)
   attrib +a (sets the archive bit back to default) D:\maudio\*.* (drive and directory of files that were just copied) /s (spans all directories and files)

For example: If you want to back up all music on the D: drive to your J: jaz drive and your D: drive is a 2 gigabyte partition of a larger drive. You would first need two 1 gig. Jaz cartridges. Then you would clear them out (Deltree *.* J:) then insert the next cartridge and repeat (Deltree *.* J:). Then you would perform the backup (xcopy D:\maudio\*.* J: /m) until the first cartridge fills up and then you would put the next cartridge in and repeat the previous command (xcopy D:\maudio\*.* J: /m). When the copy is completed you would need to reset the archive setting on the source files (attrib +a D:\maudio\*.* /s). At that point the backup should be complete.

If you wanted to back up all commercial spots from the E: drive. You would follow the same steps. But change the xcopy command.

1. Deltree *.* J:
2. Xcopy E:\saudio\*.* J: /m
3. Attrib +a E:\saudio\*.* /s

Helpful Tips

• Many drives on a Smartcaster are larger than the 1 gig. capacity of a Jaz cartridge. You will need more than one cartridge to back them up.
• To find out how big a drive is: chkdsk at the DOS prompt (ex: chkdsk E:)
• If you use this method of back up always use the same cartridges to back up the same drives and label them clearly.
• The first step of this process is a deltree command. It will erase everything on the Jaz drive. It is very important to double-check your commands and make sure that you are deleting the Jaz cartridge and not a Smartcaster drive. There is no way to retrieve information--Double-check the command!
• If you simply want to backup up the entire drive, change the xcopy command as follows: xcopy D:\*.* J: /e/m
• The attrib command should only be issued after the entire drive is backed up. DO NOT type in that command between cartridges.

Feel free to call the support line if you have any questions or comments about this, or any other problems with the Smartcaster. Our support line is 800-765-2930, our fax number is 800-498-0618, and our email address is support@smartsbroadcast.com.

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