Why does it need to be encrypted, is his father a top sekret politiks official? Encryption offers a layer of complication for the uninitiated elderly population should you wish to retrieve things. *snark*
Why not just make a small script that says (U drive being whatever you want to call your external hard drive):
xcopy.exe /m /y /e /i /h /k "C:\Documents and Settings\AlansDad\Desktop" "U:\Documents and Settings\AlansDad\Desktop" xcopy.exe /m /y /e /i /h /k "C:\Documents and Settings\AlansDad\My Documents" "U:\Documents and Settings\AlansDad\My Documents"
Then add your own touches of what you want to save. Then send to dad and say "ok dad, connect your external hard drive once a week, click on this icon." This gives Dad-unit something to do every week and makes him feel interactive with his computer.
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Date: 2009-09-09 09:47 pm (UTC)Why not just make a small script that says (U drive being whatever you want to call your external hard drive):
xcopy.exe /m /y /e /i /h /k "C:\Documents and Settings\AlansDad\Desktop" "U:\Documents and Settings\AlansDad\Desktop"
xcopy.exe /m /y /e /i /h /k "C:\Documents and Settings\AlansDad\My Documents" "U:\Documents and Settings\AlansDad\My Documents"
Then add your own touches of what you want to save.
Then send to dad and say "ok dad, connect your external hard drive once a week, click on this icon." This gives Dad-unit something to do every week and makes him feel interactive with his computer.